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Two Workers Hospitalized After Fire Erupts at Sewer Manhole in Singapore's Tuas
9+ hour, 8+ min ago (280+ words) Two workers were taken to Singapore General Hospital after a fire broke out at a sewer manhole in Tuas on Friday, July 10, while maintenance work was being carried out. According to PUB, the incident occurred as the workers were conducting…...
Thousands shelter in Taiwan as typhoon Bavi lashes Japan islands | ABS-CBN News
10+ hour, 26+ min ago (79+ words) Thousands shelter in Taiwan as typhoon Bavi lashes Japan islands ABS-CBN Thousands shelter in Taiwan as typhoon Bavi lashes Japan islands Your go-to source for the latest news, entertainment highlights, exclusive interviews, and updates on your favorite Kapamilya stars. ABS-CBN…...
Death toll after Venezuela earthquake rises to 4, 333
28+ min ago (265+ words) July 11 (UPI) -- The death toll from the earthquakes that devastated Venezuela last month has risen to more than 4, 300 people, a government official said Saturday. The June 24 twin quakes in La Guaira -- the first a 7. 2-magnitude shock, followed seconds later by…...
Don't bring unexploded material to police, they'll pick it up, OPP says
4+ hour, 49+ min ago (257+ words) Woman, 77, brings unexploded grenade to Ottawa OPP station Provincial police say they're ready and willing to help with problem items like the Second World War era hand grenade brought to the Ottawa detachment Friday. But they urge residents to call…...
Firefighters tackle blaze on Lodge Farm Industrial Estate
49+ min ago (329+ words) Nearby residents have been advised to close doors and windows due to the smoke Firefighters are tackling a fire on an industrial estate in Northampton. In a post at 19: 50 BST on Saturday, Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service said it was…...
39 more Nigerians evacuated from South Africa, final batch due next week
32+ min ago (189+ words) The federal government says 39 Nigerians have departed Johannesburg, South Africa, for Lagos under an emergency evacuation arrangement facilitated by Air Peace. The government said the emergency arrangement was made to accommodate Nigerians who were unable to return on the previous…...
Fire crews called to 'deliberate' fire at York park
4+ hour, 37+ min ago (95+ words) A FIRE in a York park is believed to have been started deliberately. Firefighters from Acomb were called to Foxwood Park, in Bellhouse Way, at 1. 50pm on Saturday (July 11). Emergency services close main road in North Yorkshire after crash Police hunt…...
Venezuela earthquake death toll surpasses 4, 300
50+ min ago (325+ words) The latest figure is up from the 4, 118 deaths reported a day earlier. The magnitude 7. 2 and 7. 5 earthquakes struck Caracas and the coastal state of La Guaira on June 24, causing widespread destruction and reducing several high-rise buildings to rubble. More than 19, 000 people…...
Over 330 Homes Destroyed by Aspen Acres Fire in Colorado's Custer and Pueblo Counties
8+ hour, 14+ min ago (565+ words) The'Aspen Acres'fire'has destroyed more than 850 structures " including at least 337 homes " southwest of'Pueblo, authorities announced Friday, as the scope of the devastation from the nearly 100, 000-acre wildfire came into sharper focus. Colorado'officials allowed some of the thousands of people displaced by…...
Large erratic wildfire near Ocean Isle Beach burns 500 acres, up from 300 Friday
1+ hour, 10+ min ago (239+ words) A large wildfire that broke out in Brunswick County on Friday night is still burning as of Saturday, with weather conditions contributing to the fire's "erratic" behavior, according to the N. C. Forest Service. The fire began on Old Georgetown Road and…...