Tag: Fire

Dubai:A fire broke out on Sunday in a building near Dubai’s iconic skyscraper, the Burj Khalifa, officials said. The Dubai Media Office identified the building as The Address Residence Fountain Views — a three 60-storey tower complex that was expected to be completed by April 2018, Gulf News reported. The Dubai Civil Defence and Dubai […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Friday asked its officials to take action against private clinical establishments which violate fire safety norms. “The District Collectors and Revenue Divisional Commissioners (RDC) should immediately inspect all the private clinical establishments in their districts including private medical colleges and wherever dereliction of non-compliance is found, immediate necessary action must […]

Bhubaneswar: A pall of gloom hung over the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital in the Odisha capital on Tuesday, a day after a major blaze in the hospital’s dialysis ICU wing led to 20 deaths. Family members and relatives of victims broke down at the nearby Capital Hospital, where the dead were brought […]

Bhawanipatna: A minor girl in Odisha’s Kalahandi district sustained severe burn injuries after she was set on fire allegedly by two youths for protesting eve-teasing, police said. The girl, studying in the tenth standard, struggled for life after sustaining severe burn injuries, the police said, adding her condition was highly critical. She is a student […]

Bhubaneswar: Fire broke out on the third floor of the office building of State Bank of India (SBI), Bapuji Nagar branch in Bhubaneswar in the early hours of Saturday. Two units of fire brigade including 12 officials rushed to the spot after getting information and managed to douse the flames after an hour of fire […]

Bhubaneswar: Property worth more than Rs 1 crore were gutted following a massive fire in a sanitary and pipe godown in a multi-storied building at Station Bazaar Chhak in the Capital city last night. Three persons trapped inside the building were rescued safely by the fire officials, reports said. At around 11.30 pm on Tuesday, […]

Bhubaneswar: Fire broke out in the Physiotherapy department on the second flood of Hi-Tech Medical College & Hospital in Bhubaneswar this morning. However, a major mishap was averted due to prompt response from the Fire Services personnel. No causalities have been reported in the incident. According to reports, smoke started emanating from a classroom of […]

Kendrapara: Property worth lakh of rupees were gutted after a fire broke out in primary community health centre at Pattamundai in Kendrapara district late Friday night. Huge quantity of medicine stocks, computer and other others articles at the Niramaya counter of the hospital were reduced to ashes in the fire mishap, reports said. A security […]

Cuttack: A barber at Cuttack has now become the talk of the town for cutting clients’ hair with fire, sounds scary but true. Meet Suresh Chandra Barik of Jagatsinghpur, who has now mastered the technique that has already been a huge hit and is being practised by few in other parts of the world including […]

Beijing:At least 17 people were killed and four injured when a fire broke out in a warehouse in China’s Guandong province, the authorities said Friday. Five people were rescued from the warehouse’s building and nine people have been detained over the incident which occurred Thursday afternoon, Xinhua quoted government authorities as saying. The fire, which […]

A fire broke out at Mahanadi Coalfield Limited (MCL)’s plant in Bharatpur of Angul district on Wednesday. MCL’s Fire Services Personnel reached the spot to contain the flames. Exact cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained.

Mumbai: From 1996 when her film “Fire” showcased a homosexual relationship to 2019 when a web series like “Made In Heaven” has tackled the LGBTQ subject with deft, veteran actress Shabana Azmi has witnessed a change worth applauding. When Deepa Mehta’s “Fire” had released, the film was opposed by the orthodox sections of the Indian society. […]

New Delhi: A fire broke out on the ground floor of the AIIMS Trauma Centre here on Sunday near one of the operation theatres, the Delhi Fire Service said. A call was received at 6.13 pm about the incident, following which 12 fire tenders were rushed to the spot, Chief Fire officer Atul Garg said. […]

Dhaka: Five persons were killed while 65 others injured after a massive fire engulfed a high-rise building here on Thursday, fire officials said. “The fire is under control now and a search operation has begun,” Efe news quoted fire official Mohammad Russel as saying. The blaze that razed the 22-storey FR Tower in the city’s […]

Cuttack: A major fire broke out at Big Bazaar near Buxi Bazaar in Cuttack in the wee hours of Monday. As per reports, the flames erupted in a dance bar on the fourth floor of the shopping mall. Subsequently, three fire tenders were pressed into action who managed to douse the flames after four hours […]