Fires, Falling Buildings and No One to Clean Up
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This History Channel documentary charts the disintegration of our infrastructure along a timeline that stretches from one day to 10,000 years after our disappearance.
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The rubble is starting to be carted away, but no money to rebuild has trickled into this part of south Lebanon. For now, the mayor of this village says he can do little but divide the 700 buildings and homes needing attention into three categories: totally, partially or slightly destroyed.
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Towns burn as criminal gangs go on rampage as crisis deepens despite intervention of Annan
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As the city has disintegrated around them, ambulance workers are often overwhelmed, and have increasingly become targets themselves.
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A fire at a mental health hospital in Siberia killed eight people a day after a fire at a Moscow drug treatment facility killed 45 women. Moscow fire officials said the staff at the rehabilitation facility did not call the fire department fast enough and did not do enough to evacuate patients. The officials said windows and a fire exit were blocked by metal grills, and another exit was hidden by smoke.
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A blaze in a skyscraper in the Spanish capital lights up the night sky but no-one is thought to have been inside.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - No food. No water. No help. As  fierce fighting casts a pall of smoke over the rubble-strewn  Iraqi city of Falluja, thousands of Iraqi families remain cut  off from desperately needed supplies.
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Bodies, dirty water spreading disease. Medical supplies have started to run out and panicked residents are fighting for provisions.
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How our lives ground to a halt when a storm knocked out power.
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(Chicago-AP) Dec. 7, 2004 - Officials have closed off streets around a historic Chicago skyscraper where a five-and-a-half-hour fire sent at least 37 people to area hospitals.
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Blistering heat and hot dry winds have fanned the fires. Forests fires that have ravaged southern Europe during the past month were some of the worst on record, the European Commission has said. via Jackaranda
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Hospital staff said ambulances had been unable to go out as the city shook to explosions. Later on. Saturday they collected two dead and seven wounded civilians, among them women and children.
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Fire destroyed the top third of the east tower of Venezuela&#39;s Parque Central, South America&#39;s tallest skyscraper. The Caracas landmark was empty, and the cause of the fire isn&#39;t known.
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A big flood, new taxes, and ugly dolls. What could be worse for a downtown?
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Battling fires and rescuing people, though fascinating to behold, doesn&#39;t necessarily make for compelling drama. The challenge is telling a story that&#39;s true to the episodic nature of firefighting, yet not
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Bad weather, smashed infrastructure and logistical snarls have made it difficult to get food and medical supplies to survivors.
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Â· Charities forced to pull staff from affected areas Â· Wave of bombings linked to siege of Red Mosque