Tag: fire
Macedonia 10.06.19 | 15:19

Fire breaks out in a Skopje apartment building

Fire broke out in an apartment in the Kisela Voda district of Skopje. According to early reports, there are still people in the building who are unable to make it outside. Numerous firefighter units are at the scene and are working to extinguish the fire.
Macedonia 11.05.19 | 13:30

Four people, including a six month old baby, injured in overnight fire in Gostivar

Three people sustained burn injuries and a six month old baby suffered from smoke inhalation in a fire which broke out in a building in Gostivar. The fire began to spread overnight, in one of the basements, while the inhabitants were sleeping. Those injuries sustained first or second degree burns on...
World 19.04.19 | 10:10

Notre Dame fire cause may have been electrical

Investigators think an electrical short circuit may have caused the fire at the Notre Dame Cathedral, according to a judicial police official, the Guardian reported. An initial assessment of the cathedral was made on Wednesday but safety hazards have prevented a search of its charred interior, the...
Macedonia 07.04.19 | 22:52

Fire on Mt. Vodno, endangered the Kozle children’s hospital

A forest fire broke out on Mt. Vodno near Skopje this evening, spreading close to the Kozle children’s hospital. Firefighters were dispatched to the site after panicked citizens alerted the authorities. Three vehicles were sent to combat the fire, and according to Vladimir Simonovski from the fire...
Macedonia 01.04.19 | 18:13

Forest fires continue to rage across Macedonia

Unusually early and widespread forest fires continue to ravage Macedonia. No casualties have been reported, but the damage to the forests and wildlife has been extensive. Fires are being reported near Krusevo, where an army helicopter was dispatched to help the ground crews near the villages Norovo and...
Macedonia 29.03.19 | 22:51

Galicica National Park hit by wildfire

More than 300-hectare forest was hit by the wildfire in the Prespa region near the tourist settlements Otesevo and Sirhan, which engulfed part of the Galicica National Park on Friday. Firefighters and staff from the National Park are trying to prevent the spread of the fire and protect the weekend settlement...
Macedonia 24.03.19 | 16:17

Another large fire near lake Struga, was likely planted

Citizens and environmentalist groups from Struga and Ohrid are warning that more fires are being started each week in the reeds along lake Ohrid. This is often done by developers, who plant fires in order to clear the beaches for construction. The latest fire was reported yesterday near the village of...
Macedonia 18.03.19 | 20:50

Forest fire spreads north of Skopje

A fire broke out in Skopska Crna Gora, the mountain north of the capital Skopje, amid forests and low vegetation. It is spreading in a difficult terrain, with little road access, and could endanger the villages Nikustak, Vistica and Matejce. A fire-fighting team from the forest management company has...
Macedonia 06.03.19 | 20:20

Firefighting planes sent to protect the village of Zajas from major forest fire

Firefighting planes had to be dispatched to put down a major forest fire which erupted near the village of Zajas, close to Kicevo. The fire spread close to the outer ring of houses, which prompted the use of airplanes. Appeals to the citizens to avoid setting fires or throwing lit cigarettes in the forests...
Macedonia 04.03.19 | 17:19

Man who set fire to 30 tires in Gostivar caught, faces up to 10 years in prison

A man from Gostivar faces up to 10 years in prison after he set fire to three dozen old vehicle tires near the city entrance. Even citizens of a city where the poorest people routinely use rubber tires to heat their homes were shocked by the plume of black, likely carcinogenic smoke, which rose above...
Macedonia 27.02.19 | 18:04

Elderly man dies in fire near Veles

An elderly man from the village of Martolci near Veles died as the result of a fire he started in a field. The man, identified as J.A. (80), set fire to a pile of dried grass, the police informs. Unfortunately, the fire spread quickly and engulfed the man as well, inflicting lethal injuries.
Macedonia 22.02.19 | 16:45

Fire that destroyed lakeside reeds in Ohrid was planted by developers

Environmentalists in Struga are claiming that a fire in the reeds along lake Ohrid was started in order to prepare a plot for development. Construction workers were seen today at the site of the fire between Struga and Kaliste, the Ohrid SOS environmentalist group reported today, claiming that the fire...
World 05.02.19 | 09:33

Seven killed in Paris apartment fire

Seven people have been killed and one person has been severely injured in an apartment fire in Paris, the news agency AFP reported early Tuesday, citing firefighters. “The death toll could rise because the fire is still ongoing on the seventh and eighth floors,” a spokesman said. The apartment building...
Life 31.01.19 | 10:21

It’s so cold in Chicago, rail crews are lighting train tracks on fire just to keep them running

As historically-low temperatures sweep through much of the US, Chicago train tracks are literally being set on fire to keep the trains operating. Chicago is so ridiculously cold that they’ve set the railway tracks on fire pic.twitter.com/bXJ2SKcCQH — Newsweek (@Newsweek) January 30, 2019
World 21.12.18 | 10:45

Thirteen dead after fire in Czech mine

Thirteen miners died and 10 were injured after a fire caused by burning methane erupted in a black coal mine in the east of the Czech Republic, a spokesman said Friday, AFP reports. “In total we have 13 dead miners, 11 Polish and two Czech,” Ivo Celechovsky, spokesman for the OKD mining company,...
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