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  • China State Broadcaster Apologizes For Hotel Fire
    The fireworks display that gutted a luxury hotel at the new, iconic headquarters for China's main television network and killed a firefighter was so powerful that a special permit was needed - but it was never ?
  • Fire Hits Crowded Jakarta Neighborhood
    A fire gutted dozens of houses in a densely populated makeshift area of North Jakarta early Tuesday, Indonesian officials said. Fire equipment arrived at the location about 3:20 a.m. to extinguish the fire, ?
  • State TV Company Apologizes For Beijing Fire
    China's state-run television broadcaster apologized Tuesday for an unlicensed fireworks display that sparked a blaze that destroyed a luxury hotel in the network's headquarters complex in downtown Beijing. The ?
  • Fireman Dies In Blaze At Beijing Television Landmark
    One fireman was killed fighting a blaze that destroyed a 44-story luxury hotel being constructed as part of Beijing's frenetic Olympic makeover and next door to a landmark television headquarters in downtown ?
  • Fire Rages At Beijing Luxury Hotel After Fireworks
    The burning shell of an unfinished, 44-story luxury hotel lit the night sky over downtown Beijing on Monday after being showered with sparks from fireworks set off during China's biggest holiday. Flames surged up ?
  • 4 Survivors Flee, 24 Dead After Brazil Plane Crash
    Four people at the rear of a plane that crashed in a muddy Amazon river managed to open an emergency door and swim to safety as the aircraft sank, dragging at least 24 others to their death. Most victims were ?
  • House Fire Kills Four In Japan
    Authorities in Japan say a fast-moving house fire killed two adults and two children in Gosen, Niigata Prefecture. Ten members of a family were in the house when the fire broke out Monday afternoon, Kyodo News ?
  • 15 Dead In Bar Fire In Southern China
    Revelers celebrating a birthday set off fireworks inside a bar in southern China, triggering a blaze that killed 15 people and injured 22, state media said. The fire in Changle, a city in the southern province of ?
  • 111 Dead In Kenya Gasoline Blaze
    An overturned gasoline tanker exploded as hundreds of people were trying to scoop up free fuel, killing at least 111 people and wounding 200 in one of Kenya's deadliest accidents, officials said Sunday. Hundreds ?
  • About 20 Die In Russian Nursing Home Fire
    About 20 people died Saturday in a nursing home fire in northwestern Russia, officials said. Konstantin Bobrov, a spokesman for the regional government in the Komi province, said in a telephone interview that ?
  • Kenya Red Cross: 50 Dead In Oil Blaze After Crash
    An oil spill from a crashed truck erupted into flames Saturday in Kenya, killing at least 50 people who were trying to scoop up free fuel, officials said. Abbas Gullet, secretary general of the Kenyan Red Cross, ?
  • 5 Newborns Killed In Hospital Fire In North India
    Five newborns, all less than a week old, were killed and another was injured Saturday in northern India after a short circuit sparked a fire in the hospital maternity ward where they were being treated for ?
  • Dozens Missing After Nairobi Fire
    Thirteen people were confirmed dead and dozens others were still missing Friday, two days after a massive fire swept through a supermarket in downtown Nairobi, officials said. Police spokesman Eric Kiraithe said ?
  • Philippine Fireworks Factory Blast Kills 6
    A powerful explosion obliterated a fireworks factory south of Manila on Thursday, killing at least six people and injuring more than 30 others, officials said. Witnesses said the blast gouged out a crater big ?
  • Singer Charged With Starting Fatal Fire
    Police in Bangkok say the lead singer of a band called Burn was seen lighting fireworks shortly before a New Year's Eve fire killed 65 people in a nightclub. Saravuth Ariya, 28, has been charged with starting the ?
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