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Australia heatwave renews bushfire worries

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 30 03:45 PM

Australia was bracing for a heatwave to sweep across the country's fire-ravaged southeast in the coming days, with the forecast stoking fears the soaring temperatures could inflame bushfires. Read more »

Australia readies for more bushfires with temperatures set to soar

Reuters
Posted at Jan 28 11:30 AM

Australian officials on Tuesday warned communities in hard-hit eastern states to strengthen bushfire defenses as soaring temperatures and strong winds were set to return, threatening to reignite some blazes and start fresh ones.   Read more »

Lengthy pizza delivers funds for embattled Australian firefighters

Reuters
Posted at Jan 22 12:27 PM

An Italian restaurant in Australia has made a 103-meter (338 foot) Margherita pizza to raise funds for firefighters battling bushfires. Read more »

Floods, road closures in Australia as storms lash some bushfire-hit regions

Lidia Kelly, Reuters
Posted at Jan 18 02:28 PM

Parts of Australia's east coast were hit by severe storms on Saturday, dousing some of the bushfires that have devastated the region for months but causing road closures and flash flooding. Read more »

Makeshift koala hospital scrambles to save dozens injured in bushfires

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 15 01:46 AM

Almost half of Kangaroo Island has been razed by fire and an estimated 80 percent of koala habitat wiped out. Read more »

Australia braces for another day of wildfires as temperatures flare

Wayne Cole, Reuters
Posted at Jan 10 06:23 AM

Authorities warned of extreme fire dangers in several parts of Australia on Friday as scorching heat and erratic winds are expected to fan deadly bushfires burning across the country, and likely spark new ones. Read more »

The ANC Brief: Showdown

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 09 04:06 AM

The Duterte administration is sending a former special envoy to the Middle East to oversee the evacuation of Filipinos. Read more »

Fire kills 8 Vietnamese in migrant worker cabins in Russia

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 08 01:11 AM

Russian news agencies had earlier identified the workers as from ex-Soviet Tajikistan. Read more »

Australian bushfire cloud visible in Chile and Argentina

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 07 06:59 AM

The cloud of smoke caused by raging bushfires in Australia has been spotted more than 12,000 kilometers (7,400 miles) away in Chile and Argentina. Read more »

Mother and daughters investigated over German zoo fire

Kit Holden, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 02 11:51 PM

A mother and her 2 daughters have turned themselves in to police over a blaze which killed dozens of monkeys at a zoo in Germany on New Year's Eve. Read more »

Dozens of monkeys die in German zoo fire

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 01 09:04 PM

Fire ripped through the monkey house at Krefeld zoo in northwestern Germany on New Year's Eve killing dozens of animals. Read more »

Fireworks facility in Bocaue burns down, leaves damage worth P400,000

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 29 12:17 PM

Residents said they thought the shop was holding a fireworks display.   Read more »

70 pamilya nawalan ng tirahan sa sunog sa Cebu

Aiza Marrie Layague, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 20 11:21 PM

Tinatayang aabot sa P100,000 ang danyos sa sunog. Wala namang naitalang malubhang nasugatan. Read more »

Fire destroys singer Marc Anthony's yacht in Miami

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 20 03:59 AM

A luxury yacht owned by Latin singer Marc Anthony was destroyed in an overnight fire in the Miami bay. Read more »

Australian boy, 12, drives brother's truck to flee fires with dog

Reuters
Posted at Dec 17 12:53 PM

SYDNEY - A 12-year boy in Australia and his dog have escaped a fire that was lapping his family's farm house by grabbing the keys to his brother's pick-up truck and driving to safety.   Read more »

P3-milyong halaga ng ari-arian natupok sa warehouse sa Tondo

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 13 05:53 AM

Tinatayang nasa P3 milyon ang halaga ng natupok na ari-arian Read more »

23 killed as fire engulfs Sudan factory

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 04 05:08 AM

KHARTOUM, Sudan—Twenty-three people were killed and dozens injured as a fire triggered by an explosion in a gas tanker tore through a factory in the Sudanese capital on Tuesday, officials said. Read more »

Ginang patay sa sunog sa Bacoor

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 28 05:55 AM

CAVITE—Natagpuang wala nang buhay ang isang 59 anyos na babae sa loob ng kaniyang bahay matapos sumiklab ang sunog sa Bacoor City, Cavite Huwebes ng hatinggabi.   Read more »

Planta ng langis sa Pampanga, nasunog

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 27 06:05 AM

MAYNILA—Nabulabog ang ilang residente matapos makarinig ng pagsabog sa kasagsagan ng sunog sa isang oil refinery sa Barangay San Pablo Libutad, San Simon, Pampanga Martes ng gabi.   Read more »

6 patay sa sunog sa Bacolod

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 26 06:52 PM

BACOLOD, Negros Occidental — Patay ang 6 na katao matapos masunog ang isang pension house sa lungsod na ito, Martes ng madaling-araw.  Read more »