http://www.mail.com/in-en/subjects/2536-fires.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/in-en/subjects/2536-fires.html http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2095192-plane-catches-fire-landing-moscow-injuries.html MOSCOW (AP) — Part of an airliner carrying more than 130 people caught fire as it was landing in Moscow, and passengers evacuated the plane by jumping off one of its wings and shooting down an evacuation slide. The Emergencies Ministry says none of the passengers and crew members were injured by the fire on the landing gear of the Boeing 737 at Vnukovo Ai... Sat, 18 May 2013 17:45:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2095192-plane-catches-fire-landing-moscow-injuries.html 2013-05-18T17:45:25Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2089632-6-russian-crew-killed-ship-fire-north-japan.html TOKYO (AP) — Six Russian crew members have died in a fire aboard their freighter in a northern Japanese port. Takashi Kagaya, a police officer in Wakkanai, on the northern tip of Hokkaido island, says the 497-ton Taigan caught fire just after 1 a.m. Thursday. It took about 12 hours for firefighters to put out the blaze. Kagaya says two... Thu, 16 May 2013 08:20:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2089632-6-russian-crew-killed-ship-fire-north-japan.html 2013-05-16T08:20:16Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2083736-bangladesh-honors-dead-building-collapse.html DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Thousands of mourners gathered Tuesday at the wreckage of a Bangladeshi garment factory building to offer prayers for the souls of the 1,127 people who died in the structure's collapse last month, the worst tragedy in the history of the global garment industry. The Islamic prayer service was held a day after the army ended a nearl... Tue, 14 May 2013 20:59:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2083736-bangladesh-honors-dead-building-collapse.html 2013-05-14T20:59:32Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/2081774-big-retailers-safety-accord-bangladesh.html NEW YORK (AP) — Some of the world's largest retailers have agreed to a first-of-its-kind pact to improve safety at some of Bangladesh's garment factories following a building collapse that killed more than 1,100 workers in the country last month. The move comes just days shy of a deadline imposed by workers' rights groups that said they would hold street ... Mon, 13 May 2013 23:34:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/2081774-big-retailers-safety-accord-bangladesh.html 2013-05-13T23:34:46Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2081262-search-ends-bangladesh-death-toll-1127.html SAVAR, Bangladesh (AP) — Several of the biggest Western retailers embraced a plan that would require them to pay for factory improvements in Bangladesh as the three-week search for victims of the worst garment-industry disaster in history ended Monday with the death toll at a staggering 1,127. Bangladesh's government also agreed to allow garment workers t... Mon, 13 May 2013 23:27:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2081262-search-ends-bangladesh-death-toll-1127.html 2013-05-13T23:27:42Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2076874-death-toll-pakistan-building-fire-rises-to-22.html LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Police in Pakistan say the death toll from a building fire in the eastern city of Lahore has climbed to 22, after rescue workers recovered 17 bodies. Police officer Maruf Wahla says the bodies were found on Friday after firefighters struggled for 24 hours to extinguish the blaze that had engulfed the nine-story government building.... Fri, 10 May 2013 15:49:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2076874-death-toll-pakistan-building-fire-rises-to-22.html 2013-05-10T15:49:30Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2073218-bangladesh-factory-collapse-death-toll-hits-1034.html DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — The death toll from a garment factory building that collapsed more than two weeks ago outside the Bangladeshi capital soared past 1,000 on Friday, while the list of the dead from a fresh fire at a sweater manufacturer showed the entanglement of the industry and top Bangladeshi officials. Officials said 1,034 bodies have been recov... Fri, 10 May 2013 04:40:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2073218-bangladesh-factory-collapse-death-toll-hits-1034.html 2013-05-10T04:40:49Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2074238-pakistan-5-plunge-to-death-burning-building.html LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Police say five people have plunged to their deaths trying to escape a burning government building in eastern Pakistan. Police officer Maruf Wahla says the death toll could rise, since firefighters have not been able to enter all areas of the nine-story building in the city of Lahore. Local TV stations broadcast dramatic footage of... Thu, 09 May 2013 15:47:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2074238-pakistan-5-plunge-to-death-burning-building.html 2013-05-09T15:47:31Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/2071550-explosion-oil-pipeline-turkey-injures-1.html ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's state television says a large explosion and fire at an oil pipeline in southeastern Turkey have injured one person. The report says the explosion was accidental and not the result of an attack. TRT television says Wednesday's accident was caused by an excavator who struck the pipeline while digging an irrigation canal just o... Wed, 08 May 2013 15:29:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/2071550-explosion-oil-pipeline-turkey-injures-1.html 2013-05-08T15:29:47Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/2065844-brands-risk-image-varying-bangladesh-responses.html MUMBAI, India (AP) — Global clothing brands involved in Bangladesh's troubled garment industry responded in starkly different ways to the building collapse that killed more than 600 people. Some quickly acknowledged their links to the tragedy and promised compensation. Others denied they authorized work at factories in the building even when their labels were found in the ru... Tue, 07 May 2013 02:05:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/2065844-brands-risk-image-varying-bangladesh-responses.html 2013-05-07T02:05:55Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2063326-report-train-with-chemicals-derails-belgium.html BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian media say that hundreds of people were evacuated after a train carrying chemicals derailed and caught fire in northern Belgium. Amateur video showed the train ablaze in the early hours of Saturday; in daylight, the train cars could be seen forming a zig-zag over the track. Media, citing a statement from the East Flanders government... Sat, 04 May 2013 19:55:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2063326-report-train-with-chemicals-derails-belgium.html 2013-05-04T19:55:48Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2058144-bittersweet-missing-bangladesh-collapse.html JURAIN, Bangladesh (AP) — As Farida knelt beside the linen-wrapped body and looked at the dress that she herself had purchased, her sobs of sorrow turned to tears of painful relief. She called her husband to speak the words she had been praying for during her week of searching: "I got her. I got her." Just moments before, she had stopped workers from plac... Fri, 03 May 2013 03:26:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2058144-bittersweet-missing-bangladesh-collapse.html 2013-05-03T03:26:07Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/2054866-shoppers-face-hurdles-finding-ethical-clothing.html NEW YORK (AP) — The building collapse in Bangladesh that killed hundreds of clothing factory workers last week put a spotlight on the sobering fact that people in poor countries often risk their lives working in unsafe conditions to make the cheap T-shirts and underwear that Westerners covet. The disaster, which comes after a fire in another Bangladesh fa... Wed, 01 May 2013 02:58:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/2054866-shoppers-face-hurdles-finding-ethical-clothing.html 2013-05-01T02:58:29Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/2053658-prison-terms-issued-fatal-russian-club-fire.html MOSCOW (AP) — A court in the Siberian city of Perm has convicted seven people in connection with a nightclub fire that killed 156, sentencing them to prison terms of four to nearly 10 years. The December 2009 fire broke out when a pyrotechnic show in the crowded club ignited plastic decorations on the ceiling. Panicked customers tried to flee, but there w... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:42:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/2053658-prison-terms-issued-fatal-russian-club-fire.html 2013-04-30T14:42:37Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2049550-fire-erupts-israeli-prison-holding-ex-president.html JERUSALEM (AP) — A fire erupted Sunday at the prison where former Israeli President Moshe Katsav is serving time, but he was not among the 11 people who suffered light injuries, authorities said. Police spokeswoman Luba Samri said seven jailers, a prisoner and three firefighters suffered smoke inhalation, but the ex-president was not hurt. Itsik Gorlov, a... Sun, 28 Apr 2013 13:21:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2049550-fire-erupts-israeli-prison-holding-ex-president.html 2013-04-28T13:21:41Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/2049516-fire-destroys-danish-museum-collection-saved.html COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A fire blazed through The Museum of Danish Resistance in Copenhagen on Sunday, destroying large parts of the building but most of the collection was saved, museum officials said. No one was injured in the fire and firefighters and staff who rushed to the scene in central Copenhagen managed to save the majority of display items, ... Sun, 28 Apr 2013 13:14:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/2049516-fire-destroys-danish-museum-collection-saved.html 2013-04-28T13:14:04Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2046008-38-die-mental-hospital-fire-moscow.html MOSCOW (AP) — The patients of the small psychiatric hospital in a Russian village were asleep or under sedation as the clock neared 2 a.m. The windows were barred and the nearest firefighters were miles away, with some impeded by rough roads and others not able to cross a nearby canal. When a blaze broke out and spread through the wooden rafters, all of t... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:00:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2046008-38-die-mental-hospital-fire-moscow.html 2013-04-26T18:00:42Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/2046504-big-brands-rejected-bangladesh-factory-safety-plan.html DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — As Bangladesh reels from the deaths of hundreds of garment workers in a building collapse, the refusal of global retailers to pay for strict nationwide factory inspections is bringing renewed scrutiny to an industry that has profited from a country notorious for its hazardous workplaces and subsistence-level wages. After a factory... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:13:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/2046504-big-brands-rejected-bangladesh-factory-safety-plan.html 2013-04-26T17:13:03Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2046010-fiery-afghan-bus-crash-kills-45-taliban-blamed.html KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — A bus collided on Friday with the wreckage of a truck that had been attacked by Taliban insurgents in southern Afghanistan, killing 45 people aboard the bus in a fiery crash, officials said. The battered oil tanker had been left in the middle of a narrow road near the border of Kandahar and Helmand provinces for several days a... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 13:36:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2046010-fiery-afghan-bus-crash-kills-45-taliban-blamed.html 2013-04-26T13:36:47Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2045806-fire-russian-psychiatric-hospital-kills-38.html MOSCOW (AP) — A fire raged through a psychiatric hospital outside Moscow early Friday, killing 38 people, including two nurses, emergency officials said. A third nurse managed to save two patients and they were the only three thought to have survived, the state news agency RIA Novosti reported, citing the Health Ministry. Police said the fire, which broke... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 04:47:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2045806-fire-russian-psychiatric-hospital-kills-38.html 2013-04-26T04:47:11Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2043308-toll-bangladesh-building-collapse-climbs-to-275.html SAVAR, Bangladesh (AP) — "Save us, brother. I beg you, brother," Mohammad Altab moaned to the rescuers who could not help him. He was pinned between slabs of concrete in the ruins of the garment factory building where he worked. "I want to live," he pleaded, his eyes glistening with tears as he spoke of his two young children. "It's so painful here." Alta... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 03:02:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2043308-toll-bangladesh-building-collapse-climbs-to-275.html 2013-04-26T03:02:51Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2044538-liberia-police-3-dead-missing-fire.html MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Liberian police say that at least three bodies have been retrieved and more than 10 people are feared trapped under the rubble of a building that was gutted by fire and came down in the Waterside commercial district of Monrovia. Police Senior Inspector Gregory Coleman told the Associated Press "half of the building collapsed" over... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:32:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2044538-liberia-police-3-dead-missing-fire.html 2013-04-25T16:32:46Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2040808-149-die-cry-help-bangladesh-collapse.html SAVAR, Bangladesh (AP) — Workers trapped in the wreckage of a collapsed factory building in Bangladesh cried out for help Thursday, as rescuers struggled to reach survivors of a disaster that killed at least 149 people and reignited questions about the often lethal conditions in the country's garment industry. Army Brig. Gen. Mohammed Siddiqul Alam Shikde... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 04:58:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2040808-149-die-cry-help-bangladesh-collapse.html 2013-04-25T04:58:13Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/2037686-chile-burned-chinese-ship-sinks-antarctic.html SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A Chinese factory fishing ship that burned last week off Antarctica has sunk without anyone on board, Chile's navy said Monday. The vessel Kai Xin caught fire and its 97 crew members were rescued by a Norwegian ship. Then it began to drift in unmanned and in flames, zigzagging dangerously close to glaciers. The Chilean navy said an ... Mon, 22 Apr 2013 22:04:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/2037686-chile-burned-chinese-ship-sinks-antarctic.html 2013-04-22T22:04:46Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/2034476-egypt-resumes-hot-air-balloon-sightseeing.html LUXOR, Egypt (AP) — Egypt resumed hot air balloon sightseeing in the ancient city of Luxor on Sunday, weeks after a fiery accident led authorities to halt the flights. Mohammed Ibrahim Sherif, head of the civil aviation authority, said the first hot air balloon was launched in the southern city after safety measures required by his office were implemented... Sun, 21 Apr 2013 14:40:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/2034476-egypt-resumes-hot-air-balloon-sightseeing.html 2013-04-21T14:40:05Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/2018630-reptiles-insects-otter-die-scotland-zoo-fire.html LONDON (AP) — A fire has claimed the lives of reptiles, insects and a male otter at the Five Sisters Zoo in Scotland. Officials said Sunday the blaze started in the zoo's tropical house and was fought by some 50 firefighters. Visitor services worker Lesley Coupar said the fire was "the worst nightmare" because the zoo is owned and staffed by animal lovers... Sun, 14 Apr 2013 16:01:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/2018630-reptiles-insects-otter-die-scotland-zoo-fire.html 2013-04-14T16:01:16Z