Two ships carrying Indian, Turkish and Libyan crew members have caught fire in the Kerch Strait separating Crimea from Russia, killing at least 14 sailors, according to media reports. The fire broke out on Monday off Russia‘s territorial waters. Both…
BEIJING(Reuters) - A plant explosion in China’s Jiangsu province killed seven people on Sunday, authorities said, the second deadly blast in the province this month as Beijing begins a nationwide industrial safety inspection campaign. The blast involved a container of…
SINGAPORE: A fire broke out in a refinery tank on Jurong Island on Saturday morning (Mar 23). ExxonMobil said the incident happened at about 9.45am. "The fire involved residue within the tank, which at the time of the fire was empty and undergoing…
Witnesses say they saw fireballs shot into the air and tell of widespread destruction after the explosion in Yancheng city One man said he saw a child being thrown into the air, while witnesses describe how shards of glass ‘fell…
640 people being treated for injuries at 16 hospitals, says state media. An explosion at a chemical plant in China has killed 47 people and injured more than 600 others, Chinese state media said on Friday. The blast occurred shortly…
An airliner caught fire on landing at Tehran's Mehrabad airport, but all 100 passengers were evacuated without injury, officials say. The fire broke out in the evening on March 19 after the aircraft's landing gear did not open properly, the…
YEOSU, South Korea, March 20 (Yonhap) -- Two sailors were killed and another injured after a fire broke out on an oil tanker off the southern coast of South Korea on Wednesday, rescue officials said. The 494-ton ship caught fire…
A large fire at a Houston-area petrochemicals terminal will likely burn for another two days, authorities said Monday, noting that air quality around the facility was testing within normal guidelines. The fire erupted Sunday at Intercontinental Terminals Company in Deer…
One worker was killed and two others sustained serious burn injuries following a major fire at the Indian Oil Corp's Panipat refinery in Haryana, police said on Sunday. One worker was killed and two others sustained serious burn injuries following…
DEER PARK, Texas (KTRK) -- The black smoke billowing into the sky can be seen from every part of Houston. Flames expand and contract from the tank as a 12-hour fire that's burned all day will light up the sky…
