Three firemen die in China office-block blaze
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Three firemen were killed battling a blaze that has raged for nearly 20 hours through a 12-storey shop and office building in remote northwest China, state media reported on Thursday.
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Eight miners were confirmed dead up to 8:00 am Sunday in the five iron mines that caught fire Saturday morning in the city of Shahe in north China&#39;s Hebei Province, while 19 were rescued and 79 still trapped.
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Nine firefighters died battling a blaze in a furniture store and warehouse in Charleston, South Carolina, when the building collapsed, city officials said on Tuesday.
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An earthquake in southwest China early Sunday left at least three people dead &#151; including a boy crushed by debris &#151; while injuring hundreds, destroying buildings, and forcing the evacuation of 120,000 residents, state media reported.
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Five people died and four more were missing Sunday in a suspected arson fire that engulfed an apartment complex and sent residents jumping from third-story windows to escape, firefighters said.
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A forest fire is contained near the French resort of St Tropez - but three firefighters die in a crash.
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Two firefighters are killed and four others are badly hurt after they were forced to jump from a fourth-floor window of a burning building in the Bronx on Sunday.  Later, a third firefighter was killed at a Brooklyn blaze.
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Three firefighters died Wednesday while battling a blaze in a forest on the Greek island of Crete, while the government warned that hot weather could cause more blazes.
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Nine Chinese miners were killed and 57 trapped underground on Sunday after fire swept through a series of iron mines in the northern province of Hebei, Xinhua news agency said.
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A wall of thick smoke blocked rescuers on Monday from 141 Chinese miners trapped after a gas explosion in a coal mine in northern China that killed at least 25, and
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A man dies and three others escape injury following a fire at an apartment in County Tyrone.
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Authorities identified the second and third people to have died in the fires.
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Beijing, Nov 21 : At least eight miners were confirmed dead while 79 others were missing in a major fire that blazed through five iron mines in north China&#39;s Hebei Province, local officials said today.
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At least 49 miners were confirmed dead and 11 missing following a massive blaze at a complex of iron mines in northern China, the government reported Monday.
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A police officer in this Detroit suburb died with his wife and son in a Sunday morning house fire about the same time that two young girls died in a blaze in Detroit, police and fire officials said.
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Three officers were relieved of their commands today as the city continued its investigation into the deadly fire at the former Deutsche Bank building.
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Chinese police have detained three restaurant workers for their role in a kitchen fire that killed 11 people and injured 16, state media reported on Monday.