A passenger plane bound for Melbourne, Australia, made a safe landing at Invercargill Airport in New Zealand on Monday after a fire shut down one of its engines mid-flight, according to the nation’s fire service.The Virgin Australia Boeing 737-800 jet encountered the engine fire, prompting an emergency diversion to Invercargill. Despite the frightening situation, the…
NEW DELHI: A major fire broke out at a building in the Manipur secretariat complex near chief minister N Biren Singh‘s official bungalow on Saturday evening, PTI reported quoting police.At least three fire tenders were dispatched to the scene to combat the blaze. An official said that the cause of the fire has not yet…
KOLKATA: Authorities launched a rescue operation after a massive fire was reported at a mall at Acropolis mall in east Kolkata, TV reports suggested.The civic authorities pressed at least 10 fire tenders into service to control the blaze.As per the reports, the blaze was reported from the food court situated on the fifth floor of…
NEW DELHI/KOCHI: More than 40 Indians were reported killed and many injured in Kuwait after a fire early Wednesday engulfed a multi-storey building that housed foreign workers, most of them Indians. The overall death toll had reached 49 till late in the evening, out of which 42 were believed to be Indians.India rushed MoS (MEA)…
NEW DELHI: At least 41 people were killed on Wednesday after a fire broke out in a building housing workers in the city of Mangaf in southern Kuwait.The incident was reported to authorities at 6:00 a.m. local time (0300 GMT), Major General Eid Rashed Hamad said.“The building in which the fire occurred was used to…
NEW DELHI: Many parts of Delhi are facing power outage since 2.11pm after a fire broke out at sub-station of Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) in Mandola, UP.Delhi receives 1200 MW of power from the Mandola sub-station, and therefore many parts of Delhi have been affected.“The power restoration process has begun and electricity…
PUNE: A fire broke out in the early hours of Friday in a five-storey building located in Shanipar area of Pune city, Maharashtra. The incident, which occurred around 1.30 am, resulted in the tragic death of a watchman and the rescue of more than 40 girl students residing in the hostel on the second floor.According…
NEW DELHI: A fire broke at a private eye hospital in west Delhi’s Paschim Vihar area on Tuesday. No one was in injured in the incident as people were safely evacuated from the building, the officials said. A call was received regarding the incident at 11.35 am. The fire broke out at the second floor…
A man, identified as Shant Soghomonian, was arrested for starting a fire outside Sen. Bernie Sanders’ office in Vermont. The incident involved the use of accelerant and a lighter, but no injuries occurred as sprinklers extinguished the blaze. Motive undisclosed, potential 20-year prison sentence if convicted. Source link
