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The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer uses two satellites that detect active fire and burned areas. (Photo: AP)

Technology playing an increasing role in wildfire fights

Firefighters count on accurate data from satellites and heat-sensing instruments to chart the size, location and...

17 Sept 2018 9:15 AM IST

The fire broke out at a three-story building around 1:20 pm IST (0750 GMT), burning around 200 square metres (2,150 square feet) of the area, public broadcaster NHK said. (Photo: AP)

Japan: Huge fire breaks out near Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market

A total of 43 fire engines were deployed to extinguish the fire, Japanese public broadcaster NHK said.

3 Aug 2017 5:49 PM IST

Smoke billows from the upper floors of the Marco Polo apartment complex in Honolulu (Photo: AP)

3 dead in fire in Honolulu high-rise apartment building

Images posted online showed orange flames raging on several floors and debris falling from windows.

15 July 2017 3:36 PM IST

Merced and Mariposa County Sheriffs Office members attend a briefing during a wildfire in Mariposa County, California. (Photo: AP)

US: Evacuation of Mariposa ordered due to Detwiler Fire in California

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection ordered evacuations for some residents living southwest of...

19 July 2017 11:12 AM IST

Injured passengers are attended to on the platform of a train station in Barcelona, Spain. Dozens of people were injured when a morning commuter train they were traveling on crashed into the buffers in a station in northeastern Barcelona early Friday. (Photo: AP)

54 injured in Barcelona train crash

At the time of the accident many passengers were standing up in the busy carriages, which increased the number of...

28 July 2017 5:10 PM IST

A Bangladeshi woman mourns next to bodies of relatives (not pictured) after a landslide in Bandarban (Photo: AFP)

B'desh: Rescuers struggle to reach victims of landslides; toll up to...

Authorities say hundreds of homes were buried by mud and rubble sent cascading down hillsides.

14 Jun 2017 7:29 PM IST

Several thousand people were evacuated when a huge wildfire raging out of control in southern Spain reached the edge of the upmarket tourist resort of Marbella on the Costa del Sol. Hundreds of British expats have been forced to leave their homes and find shelter in evacuation centres. (Photo: Representational/ AP)

Spain fights forest fire near nature reserve, 1,000 evacuate

The flames have advanced westward and have entered Donana National Park, one of Spain's most important nature reserves.

25 Jun 2017 5:01 PM IST

Britain has been rocked in recent days by a fire which killed at least 79 people when it engulfed a 24-storey building in west London on June 14. (Photo: Representational/AP)

Residents evacuated as fire breaks out at low rise building in east...

The London Fire Brigade is also working to evacuate residents from an estate in north London.

25 Jun 2017 11:57 AM IST

Firefighters battle several intense wind-driven wildfires early on Friday that have swept across densely populated Southern California, destroying at least 500 structures. (Photo: AP)

California wildfire: Firefighters struggle as they stop 6 large fires...

More than 5,700 firefighters from across California worked to stop the spread of six large wildfires that erupted since...

8 Dec 2017 7:37 PM IST

A Portuguese firefighter works to stop a forest fire from reaching the village of Figueiro dos Vinhos central Portugal (Photo: AP)

Portugal forest fire: Firefighters search for more bodies; toll rises...

Portugal is prone to forest fires in the dry summer months and temperatures as high as 40 degrees Celsius hit the area...

19 Jun 2017 8:15 AM IST

A firefighter from the Portuguese National Republican Guard works to stop a forest fire from reaching the village of Avelar, central Portugal. (Photo: AP)

Deadly forest fire in Portugal kills 62; at least 59 injured

Secretary of State for the Interior Jorge Gomes said 43 people burned to death, mostly trapped in their cars engulfed by...

18 Jun 2017 6:15 PM IST

A firefighter from the Portuguese National Republican Guard works to stop a forest fire from reaching the village of Avelar, central Portugal. (Photo: AP)

Deadly forest fire in Portugal kills 57; at least 59 injured

Secretary of State for the Interior Jorge Gomes said 43 people burned to death, mostly trapped in their cars engulfed by...

18 Jun 2017 10:11 AM IST