Firefighting Operations

A fire broke out on two floors of an eight-storey building at Bandra-Kurla Complex here on Saturday afternoon and the firefighting operation is underway, an official said.

Two trains crashed into each other at low speed in northern Italy late Sunday, injuring at least 17 people, none seriously, firefighters and the train operator said.

Lack of water, low-hanging electricity wires and the problem of onlookers who get in the way of rescue operations; these are some of the challenges that firefighters faced while trying to douse a blaze in an east Delhi building.

Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena on Saturday visited the Bhagirath Palace market in Chandni Chowk where firefighting operations continued for more than 38 hours after the blaze, officials said.

Ukrainian firefighters saved the life of a furry friend from a wooden hotel-restaurant complex that was hit by a rocket in Kharkiv over this weekend.

The fire department in Denton County, Texas, is being praised for rescuing a horse stuck in mud. Officials said they received a report just after 7 am on Sunday and arrived at the scene to find the horse resting on its side and unable to get up.

A day after firefighting in Goa to keep its flock together, leaders of the Congress, off the record, described the "Operation Lotus" the ruling BJP allegedly attempted.

Bangladesh authorities accused a container depot operator Monday of not telling firefighters about a chemical stockpile before it exploded with devastating consequences, killing at least 49 people - nine of them from the fire service.

Five firefighters were hospitalised after they complained of breathing difficulties during an operation to put out a fire that broke out at a chemical godown in south Delhi's Fatehpur Beri area, officials said on Saturday.

A fire broke out on the top floor of a seven-storey residential building in Mumbai's suburban Borivali today and a fireman was injured during the firefighting operation there, an official said.

A major fire broke out at a scrapyard in suburban Mankhurd on Friday, in which a 40-year-old fire brigade officer suffered minor injuries during the firefighting operation, officials said.

Four Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopters resumed firefighting operations today to put out the massive forest fire in Dzukou valley, spread across from Nagaland to neighbouring Manipur.

Hours after a fireman died when a battery factory collapsed in Delhi's Peeragarhi after an explosion, the Delhi Fire Service said six firefighters have died during rescue operations since 2016.

The family of a firefighter who died fighting a massive blaze at a battery warehouse in west Delhi's Peera Garhi, will receive a Rs one crore ex-gratia compensation by the Delhi government.

As many as 43 people were killed when an illegal bag-and-paper factory in Delhi's Anaj Mandi caught fire on Sunday morning. The death count, however, would have been much higher if not for the fearless efforts of a firefighter - Rajesh Shukla - who has been credited with singlehandedly saving 11 people and spearheading the rescue operation at great...

A fire broke out on two floors of an eight-storey building at Bandra-Kurla Complex here on Saturday afternoon and the firefighting operation is underway, an official said.

Two trains crashed into each other at low speed in northern Italy late Sunday, injuring at least 17 people, none seriously, firefighters and the train operator said.

Lack of water, low-hanging electricity wires and the problem of onlookers who get in the way of rescue operations; these are some of the challenges that firefighters faced while trying to douse a blaze in an east Delhi building.

Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena on Saturday visited the Bhagirath Palace market in Chandni Chowk where firefighting operations continued for more than 38 hours after the blaze, officials said.

Ukrainian firefighters saved the life of a furry friend from a wooden hotel-restaurant complex that was hit by a rocket in Kharkiv over this weekend.

The fire department in Denton County, Texas, is being praised for rescuing a horse stuck in mud. Officials said they received a report just after 7 am on Sunday and arrived at the scene to find the horse resting on its side and unable to get up.

A day after firefighting in Goa to keep its flock together, leaders of the Congress, off the record, described the "Operation Lotus" the ruling BJP allegedly attempted.

Bangladesh authorities accused a container depot operator Monday of not telling firefighters about a chemical stockpile before it exploded with devastating consequences, killing at least 49 people - nine of them from the fire service.

Five firefighters were hospitalised after they complained of breathing difficulties during an operation to put out a fire that broke out at a chemical godown in south Delhi's Fatehpur Beri area, officials said on Saturday.

A fire broke out on the top floor of a seven-storey residential building in Mumbai's suburban Borivali today and a fireman was injured during the firefighting operation there, an official said.

A major fire broke out at a scrapyard in suburban Mankhurd on Friday, in which a 40-year-old fire brigade officer suffered minor injuries during the firefighting operation, officials said.

Four Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopters resumed firefighting operations today to put out the massive forest fire in Dzukou valley, spread across from Nagaland to neighbouring Manipur.

Hours after a fireman died when a battery factory collapsed in Delhi's Peeragarhi after an explosion, the Delhi Fire Service said six firefighters have died during rescue operations since 2016.

The family of a firefighter who died fighting a massive blaze at a battery warehouse in west Delhi's Peera Garhi, will receive a Rs one crore ex-gratia compensation by the Delhi government.

As many as 43 people were killed when an illegal bag-and-paper factory in Delhi's Anaj Mandi caught fire on Sunday morning. The death count, however, would have been much higher if not for the fearless efforts of a firefighter - Rajesh Shukla - who has been credited with singlehandedly saving 11 people and spearheading the rescue operation at great...