At Least Seven Die in Chinese Wildfires
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Two wildfires in Hunan Province in central China killed at least seven people.  One fire was set by villagers burning weeds in Hengyang to allow trees to grow back, Xinhua, the official government news agency, reported.
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Chinese troops have cordoned off villages in central China following fighting between ethnic groups that killed at least seven people.
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The death toll from a mine blast in central China has risen to 78, with rescuers holding out little hope for 71 people still missing, state media said on Saturday.
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Martial law has been imposed on a town in central China after rioting between hundreds of members of the Han ethnic majority and Hui Muslims killed at least seven people, local residents said Monday.
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At least seven people have been killed and 10 injured in a fire at a warehouse in South Korea.
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Floods and landslides have killed 55 people in southwest China in the past four days, washing away homes and roads, knocking down power lines and leaving at least one city cut off, state media said on Monday.
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At least seven workers were killed in a stone mine collapse in Vietnam's Nghe An province, a month after a similar accident killed 18 workers in the same province, state media reported on Sunday.
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A fire that started in the kitchen and raged through a popular restaurant in northeast China killed 11 staff and diners and injured 16 others, state media said Sunday.
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Police and paramilitary troops were last night guarding villages in central China where ethnic riots involving thousands of people led to at least seven deaths and scores of injuries.
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A fire that broke out in a cold storage facility has killed at least seven people and left 32 missing Monday in Icheon, South Korea, fire officials told CNN.
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Geneva - Seven Swiss firefighters were killed after an underground car park collapsed during a fire in northern Switzerland, police confirmed on Sunday.
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At least 79 people were killed and 74 were missing in some of the worst storms southwest China has seen in many years, disaster relief officials said.
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Torrential rains, mud flows and lightning strikes have killed at least 59 people in China this week, state media reported Thursday.
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Landslides and flash floods triggered by torrential rains in south-western China have killed 19 people and left at least 21 missing.
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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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BEIJING: At least 57 miners were killed and three missing following a massive blaze at a complex of iron mines in northern China, the government reported Monday.
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More than 3,000 firefighters are battling some of Australia's worst wildfires in 70 years, as flames fanned by strong winds and searing temperatures destroyed one home and threatened dozens more.