http://www.FireFightingNews.com FireFighter News From Around The Globe en-us Copyright 2009 e-Firefighter, LLC Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:27:02 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/Images/logo_22.jpg http://www.firefightingnews.com A huge fire caused by a lightning strike sent up a plume of black smoke Thursday and halted operations at a Venezuelan-owned fuel terminal on the Dutch island of Bonaire. No injuries were reported. Fire Chief … http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=84178 World FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Fri, 10 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST Thousands of acres of forests have been destroyed by wildfires in France that also burned houses and cars, authorities said. Firefighters said late Tuesday the fires burning in the south of France near the cities … http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=83860 World FireFightingNews.com (United Press International) Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST Six women and two men died Tuesday in a fire at a bar frequented by locals in the Mexican resort of Cancun, and bar employees have told police that unidentified men tossed gasoline bombs at the establishment. … http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=83802 World FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EST A blaze at a Russian nursing home killed nine people early Monday, and emergency officials said it may have been started by a resident setting himself on fire. A spokeswoman for the regional Emergencies Ministry, … http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=83753 World FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EST Officials say a massive fire has left thousands homeless in two coastal villages north of the capital. Fire Officer Domingo Gastilo says the fire broke out late Thursday, possibly when gasoline a man was pouring … http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=83683 World FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EST A packed passenger bus negotiating a downhill curve plunged off a Philippine mountain highway into a 100-foot (30-meter) ravine Wednesday, killing 41 people, police said. Nine people, including a 10-year-old boy, … http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=83288 World FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EST Romanian officials say a fourth baby has died following a fire which engulfed a maternity ward at a Bucharest hospital. Authorities are trying to determine what caused the late Monday blaze at Giulesti maternity … http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=83235 World FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EST A Boeing 737 jetliner carrying 131 people crashed in a thunderstorm and broke apart as it slid onto the runway on a Caribbean island on Monday. The region's governor said it was a miracle that only one person … http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=83198 World FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Mon, 16 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EST Russian firefighters have succeeded in pushing back wildfires while an advancing cold front is expected to finally put an end to a two-month heat wave, officials said Monday. There were 500 blazes still burning, … http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=83172 World FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Mon, 16 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EST Officials say more than 600 firefighters are battling at least 26 serious wildfire outbreaks fanned by gusting winds in three separate areas of Portugal. The civil protection authority says fires with several … http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=83123 World FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Sat, 14 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EST A forest fire fanned by shifting gusts of wind killed two firemen in northwestern Spain, officials said Friday. The blaze broke out Thursday night near a village of some 2,000 people in Pontevedra province, part … http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=83043 World FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Fri, 13 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EST A small executive jet crashed at Rios domestic airport Thursday, but all three aboard were rescued without serious injuries. A spokesman with the Brazilian governments airport authority said the aircraft landed … http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=83026 World FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Thu, 12 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EST Hundreds of wildfires that have swept western Russia and cloaked Moscow in suffocating smog have caused billions of dollars in damage, a newspaper said Tuesday. The business daily Kommersant said the damage from … http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=82916 World FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Tue, 10 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EST A fire swept through a barrack at the former Nazi death camp of Majdanek, destroying more than half the building and possibly 10,000 shoes of Holocaust victims, officials said Tuesday. The Majdanek museum said … http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=82915 World FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Tue, 10 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EST Wildfires were raging close to a shelter housing hundreds of dogs and retired circus animals, animal activists said Thursday, as the death toll from weeks of blazes across Russia rose to 50. Rescuers pulled a … http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=82685 World FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EST Wildfires that have wiped out Russian forests, villages and a military base sent the thickest blanket of smog yet over Moscow on Wednesday, as emergency officials said the death toll from the blazes had reached … http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=82613 World FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Wed, 04 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EST Some of the devastating wildfires sweeping western Russia are out of control, Russia's emergency chief said Tuesday, as fears grew there were not enough firefighters to battle them. Tens of thousands of troops … http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=82586 World FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EST At least 34 people have died in wildfires that have destroyed hundreds of homes and burned through vast spans of tinder-dry land, but firefighters are making headway and the blazes are dying down, a Russian … http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=82525 World FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Mon, 02 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EST Eighteen elderly people died after a fire swept through their old age and frail care center outside of Johannesburg, South African emergency services said Monday, as investigators began digging through the rubble … http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=82523 World FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Mon, 02 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EST An apartment building collapsed overnight and killed three people in their sleep in a town in southern Italy, police said Saturday. A 10-year-old girl survived and was able to talk to firefighters from under the … http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=82461 World FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EST