Sand Fire

Europe Heatwave: Europe largest sand dune, Dune de Pilat in France is on fire after record heatwave in Europe. Its height are deserted, covered in smoke as fire service planes are overhead to douse the fire.

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 is put through a series of tests by YouTuber Zach Nelson. The outer display starts scratching at level 6 on Moh’s scale and pixels start burning after 25 seconds of fire exposure. The phone survives the bend and sand test as well.

A farmer was killed allegedly in a firing by a forest department team during an operation against illegal sand mining and transportation at a village in Madhya Pradesh's Morena district on Sunday.

Forty three people have been detained in Tamil Nadu's Cuddalore after violent clashes broke out in the district over the alleged murder of a man, the brother of a former local body chief, on Saturday. Fishing boats and two-wheelers were set ablaze in Thalanguda village - videos show them up in flames by the sea as helpless fire tenders are seen thr...

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav will visit Uttar Pradesh's Jhansi today to meet the family of a 28-year-old man, who was shot dead by the police earlier this week in an alleged encounter. While the police say the man had opened fire at an officer, his family claims he was killed as he refused to pay a bribe. The incident has sparked protests i...

Apple iPad suddenly explodes in an Apple Store in Amsterdam, and the Store was temporarily closed by the fire department.

Crews hoping to contain a deadly wildfire burning in rugged, drought-stricken terrain north of Los Angeles made steady progress on Wednesday, after a bulldozer operator fighting a smaller blaze in central California died when the tractor overturned.

Thousands of California residents were allowed to return home on Monday after a deadly, destructive wildfire forced them from their houses in recent days as it raged through drought-parched canyons and foothills north of Los Angeles.

Two children got drowned in a river where illegal sand mining is rampant, sparking protest by locals who set fire to eight vehicles in Sherghati area of Gaya district on Tuesday, police said.

Authorities in Canada lifted evacuation orders on Monday for more work camps and oil facilities that had been shuttered when a massive wildfire threatened the nation's energy hub, bringing more good news for companies eager to restart production.

Firefighters have contained a massive wildfire in Canada's oil sands region, but thick smoke on Friday continued to prevent a resumption of most oil production.

Wildfires continued their devastating advance on Tuesday, leading authorities to order more evacuations in Canada's oil sands region surrounding the city of Fort McMurray.

Oil sands companies around the Canadian energy centre of Fort McMurray began to resume production on Tuesday after an out-of-control wildfire forced a shutdown a week ago, and energy executives met with province leaders who reported the town was less damaged than first feared.

Firefighters battled on Monday to protect oil installations in Canada's wildfire-ravaged city of Fort McMurray, capital of the country's oil sands region, as rain and cooling temperatures slow the spread of the blaze.

Canadian officials on Monday got their first glimpse of the oil sands boomtown of Fort McMurray since a wildfire hit and saw a "heartbreaking" number of destroyed homes but a largely intact downtown business area.

Europe Heatwave: Europe largest sand dune, Dune de Pilat in France is on fire after record heatwave in Europe. Its height are deserted, covered in smoke as fire service planes are overhead to douse the fire.

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 is put through a series of tests by YouTuber Zach Nelson. The outer display starts scratching at level 6 on Moh’s scale and pixels start burning after 25 seconds of fire exposure. The phone survives the bend and sand test as well.

A farmer was killed allegedly in a firing by a forest department team during an operation against illegal sand mining and transportation at a village in Madhya Pradesh's Morena district on Sunday.

Forty three people have been detained in Tamil Nadu's Cuddalore after violent clashes broke out in the district over the alleged murder of a man, the brother of a former local body chief, on Saturday. Fishing boats and two-wheelers were set ablaze in Thalanguda village - videos show them up in flames by the sea as helpless fire tenders are seen thr...

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav will visit Uttar Pradesh's Jhansi today to meet the family of a 28-year-old man, who was shot dead by the police earlier this week in an alleged encounter. While the police say the man had opened fire at an officer, his family claims he was killed as he refused to pay a bribe. The incident has sparked protests i...

Apple iPad suddenly explodes in an Apple Store in Amsterdam, and the Store was temporarily closed by the fire department.

Crews hoping to contain a deadly wildfire burning in rugged, drought-stricken terrain north of Los Angeles made steady progress on Wednesday, after a bulldozer operator fighting a smaller blaze in central California died when the tractor overturned.

Thousands of California residents were allowed to return home on Monday after a deadly, destructive wildfire forced them from their houses in recent days as it raged through drought-parched canyons and foothills north of Los Angeles.

Two children got drowned in a river where illegal sand mining is rampant, sparking protest by locals who set fire to eight vehicles in Sherghati area of Gaya district on Tuesday, police said.

Authorities in Canada lifted evacuation orders on Monday for more work camps and oil facilities that had been shuttered when a massive wildfire threatened the nation's energy hub, bringing more good news for companies eager to restart production.

Firefighters have contained a massive wildfire in Canada's oil sands region, but thick smoke on Friday continued to prevent a resumption of most oil production.

Wildfires continued their devastating advance on Tuesday, leading authorities to order more evacuations in Canada's oil sands region surrounding the city of Fort McMurray.

Oil sands companies around the Canadian energy centre of Fort McMurray began to resume production on Tuesday after an out-of-control wildfire forced a shutdown a week ago, and energy executives met with province leaders who reported the town was less damaged than first feared.

Firefighters battled on Monday to protect oil installations in Canada's wildfire-ravaged city of Fort McMurray, capital of the country's oil sands region, as rain and cooling temperatures slow the spread of the blaze.

Canadian officials on Monday got their first glimpse of the oil sands boomtown of Fort McMurray since a wildfire hit and saw a "heartbreaking" number of destroyed homes but a largely intact downtown business area.