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Fire Breaks Out In Express Train At Vizag Station, 3 Coaches Damaged
Three air-conditioned coaches of an empty stationary express train were gutted in a fire accident at Visakhapatnam Railway Station on Sunday, police said.
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Cigarette Butt Sparked Vizag Harbour Fire That Destroyed 30 Boats: Police
A cigarette butt carelessly discarded on a boat sparked the massive fire in Visakhapatnam jetty, which destroyed over 30 fishing vessels, said police on Saturday.
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36 Hours And Counting: Factory Fire Near Visakhapatnam Rages On
Nearly 36 hours after a major fire broke out at a biofuel plant near Visakhapatnam, the blaze is yet to be out. Officials said the fire could burn on till Thursday noon. So far, 40 fire engines - including 20 from the Navy - have been deployed to control the blaze and more than 9,000 litres of foam have been used.
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5 Dead, 9 Injured in Explosion at Firecracker Unit in Visakhapatnam
At least five workers, mostly women, were killed and nine others were injured in an explosion and subsequent blaze at a firecracker manufacturing unit in a village of Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam district on Sunday, police said.
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Fire at Visakhapatnam refinery forces Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited to shut down unit
A fire broke out late on Thursday at state-run refiner Hindustan Petroleum Corp Limited's Visakhapatnam refinery on the east coast, said officials at the unit.
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Only 30 hospitals have fire safety systems
Even as Visakhapatnam has emerged as the health hub of the north coastal Andhra and neighbouring Odisha and Chhattisgarh, fire safety arrangements continue to be poor at a majority of the hospitals in the city, ringing alarm bells for the patients and their families.
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Fire Breaks Out In Express Train At Vizag Station, 3 Coaches Damaged
Three air-conditioned coaches of an empty stationary express train were gutted in a fire accident at Visakhapatnam Railway Station on Sunday, police said.
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Cigarette Butt Sparked Vizag Harbour Fire That Destroyed 30 Boats: Police
A cigarette butt carelessly discarded on a boat sparked the massive fire in Visakhapatnam jetty, which destroyed over 30 fishing vessels, said police on Saturday.
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36 Hours And Counting: Factory Fire Near Visakhapatnam Rages On
Nearly 36 hours after a major fire broke out at a biofuel plant near Visakhapatnam, the blaze is yet to be out. Officials said the fire could burn on till Thursday noon. So far, 40 fire engines - including 20 from the Navy - have been deployed to control the blaze and more than 9,000 litres of foam have been used.
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5 Dead, 9 Injured in Explosion at Firecracker Unit in Visakhapatnam
At least five workers, mostly women, were killed and nine others were injured in an explosion and subsequent blaze at a firecracker manufacturing unit in a village of Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam district on Sunday, police said.
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Fire at Visakhapatnam refinery forces Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited to shut down unit
A fire broke out late on Thursday at state-run refiner Hindustan Petroleum Corp Limited's Visakhapatnam refinery on the east coast, said officials at the unit.
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Only 30 hospitals have fire safety systems
Even as Visakhapatnam has emerged as the health hub of the north coastal Andhra and neighbouring Odisha and Chhattisgarh, fire safety arrangements continue to be poor at a majority of the hospitals in the city, ringing alarm bells for the patients and their families.
