Five-year-old pulls sister and dog out of house fire

By CNN,

A five-year-old Georgia boy awoke to flames in the bedroom. But he didn't panic, and his actions helped save his entire family. Noah Woods is being...

3000Litres of beer for thirsty town: Australian navy talk of the town

By CNN,

A looming beer crisis has been avoided in a fire-stricken Australian town, thanks to some help from the country's navy. Mallacoota, a small coastal...

Australian navy

Kirinyaga teacher accidentally burns her house while trying to kill a snake

By Johnson Muriithi,

A primary school teacher from Kibingoti village in Ndhia Constituency, Kirinyaga County was left counting losses after she set her house on fire, whil...

Elizabeth Muthoni , Kerugoya , Kirinyaga , Kirinyanga , Ndia constituency , snake

Mombasa Hospital closed indefinitely after gas tank explosion

By George Aoko,

Mombasa Hospital has been shut down until further notice following the fire incident that forced patients to be evacuated. On Tuesday night, it too...

JOHO , Mombasa Hospital

Mombasa Hospital on fire

By Ian Omondi,

The Mombasa Hospital is currently on fire. According to sources who spoke to Citizen Digital, the fire started at around 8:30pm. Patients are pr...

evacuation , Mombasa Hospital , patients

Fire in Spain’s Canary Islands leaves rescuers ‘fighting for our island’

By CNN,

A fire raging in Spain's Canary Islands off the northwest coast of Africa has prompted the evacuation of a thousand people, the islands' President Án...

Canary Islands , President Ángel Torres , Spain fire

A Virgin Atlantic flight makes an emergency landing in Boston after a cabin fire

By CNN,

Virgin Atlantic flight headed to London from New York City was diverted to Boston after a small fire broke out in the first class cabin Thursday night...

John F Kennedy International Airport , Virgin Airlines

Plane of skydivers crashed in fiery heaps shortly after take off

By Ian Omondi,

A skydiving plane that went down in Hawaii, killing all 11 people aboard, crashed in a fiery heap shortly after it took off, authorities said. Th...

HAWAII , Manuel P. Neves , plane , Skydiving

Huge fire engulfs Malik Heights on Ngong Road

By Brian Okoth,

A major fire broke out at Malik Heights building on Ngong Road in Nairobi on Monday night, with properties of unknown value destroyed in the raging in...

Malik Heights news

Eiffel Tower evacuated after climber scales monument

By Reuters,

The Eiffel Tower was evacuated and surrounding streets locked down on Monday after a man was spotted scaling the upper heights of the monument in the ...

Eiffel Tower , Firefighters , Twitter

Kilimani bar Golden Spot goes up in flames – PHOTOS

By Ian Omondi,

Popular Kilimani restaurant and bar Golden Spot has gone up in flames. Smoke was seen emanating from the establishment's kitchen section on Sunday at...

Golden Spot , Kilimani

France asks: should Notre-Dame’s spire be rebuilt as it was?

By Reuters,

France will open the redesign of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral’s historic spire to international architects after Monday night’s catastrophic blaz...

France , Notre-Dame Cathedral

Fire guts Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris; Macron pledges to rebuild

By Reuters,

A massive fire consumed Notre-Dame Cathedral on Monday, gutting the roof of the Paris landmark and stunning France and the world. Firefighters howe...

Notre-Dame Cathedral

Terminal 1C at JKIA cordoned off for almost 12hrs after fire incident

By Tonny Ndungu,

The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) on Wednesday cordoned off Terminal 1C at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) following a fire incident a...

jkia , KAA

Women dismissed for getting pregnant reinstated by Ghana fire service

By CNN,

Two female firefighters, who were dismissed from their jobs for being pregnant, have been reinstated by the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS). A l...

Fire Service , Ghana , Grace Fosu , high court , Thelma Hammond

Laikipia University students riot after cultural festival week reduced to one day

By Sharon Nkonge,

Students from Laikipia University’s main campus on Tuesday engaged police in running battles as they protested the alteration of dates for their cu...

laikipia university , Nyahururu–Nakuru highway , students strike

Dozens killed as huge explosion rips apart Chinese chemical plant

By CNN,

A powerful explosion ripped through a chemical plant in eastern China Thursday, killing at least 47 people and severely injuring 90 others. Firefig...

chemical plant in eastern China explosion , Dozens killed in chinese explosion , Yancheng city

Italy: driver abducts schoolchildren, sets bus ablaze

By VOA,

A bus driver in northern Italy abducted 51 children and their chaperones Wednesday, ordering the children's hands to be bound and threatening them wit...

Bus driver , italy

Biden edges closer to Presidential run

By Reuters,

When it comes to Joe Biden and his pursuit of the White House, he may have in mind that old saying, “The third time’s the charm.” Biden conti...

Joe Biden

She was fired over the phone while in labor, still fighting to get her job back

By CNN,

Grace Fosu was about to give birth at a maternity ward in Ghana's capital Accra when she says she received a phone call from her employer, the Ghana N...

fired over the phone , Grace Fosu