http://www.FireFightingNews.com FireFighter News From Around The Globe en-us Copyright 2005 e-Firefighter, LLC Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:55:45 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/Images/logo_22.jpg http://www.firefightingnews.com This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site, subject to copyright and fair use. Police and fire officials said they suspect an arsonist may have started the fire that destroyed a school in Gothenburg, Sweden, early Saturday. The Local said despite the involvement of nearly 50 firefighters, … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-WorldFireNews/~3/w3aI3eTy3WA/article.cfm World FireFightingNews.com (United Press International) Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=72771 South Korea - A fire tore though an indoor shooting range in southern South Korea on Saturday, killing 10 people, including at least two Japanese tourists, and injuring six, police said. Some people were on fire … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-WorldFireNews/~3/hl2JQcWlONE/article.cfm World FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=72762 Huge explosions and fire ripped through a Russian military arsenal for hours Friday, killing two firefighters and prompting the evacuation of thousands of civilians nearby, officials said. Dozens of people feared … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-WorldFireNews/~3/2t_CxUmLVLc/article.cfm World FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=72731 A fire swept through a residential building as people slept in a slum community in the central Philippines on Monday, killing 16 residents including women and children. The fire started after midnight Monday and … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-WorldFireNews/~3/F9hI2DmCvm4/article.cfm World FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=72346 A huge fire at an Indian oil depot that has killed at least six people and injured 150 will be allowed to burn out as firefighters have little hope of dousing it, officials said Friday. Another six people are … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-WorldFireNews/~3/tnVEyeCundk/article.cfm World FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=72282 Federal investigators entered a smoldering fuel depot for the first time Sunday to investigate what may have caused an explosion that forced hundreds to evacuate and spewed thick, toxic smoke across the region. … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-WorldFireNews/~3/zMNqnRYNOwk/article.cfm World FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=72115 A pair of suicide car bombings Sunday devastated the heart of Iraq's capital, killing at least 147 people in the country's deadliest attack in more than two years. The bombs targeted two government buildings and … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-WorldFireNews/~3/5kqsVICvhqQ/article.cfm World FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=72114 Thousands of people living on the outskirts of a burning fuel-storage site were urged to relocate Saturday to avoid toxic smoke still billowing from the fire. More than 1,500 people were evacuated after Friday's … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-WorldFireNews/~3/ABfWn-M78QE/article.cfm World FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=72084 An explosion at a Gulf gasoline facility Friday rocked a neighborhood outside Puerto Rico's capital, causing minor injuries and forcing evacuations as firefighters raced to prevent additional blasts. Several … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-WorldFireNews/~3/9DLln7If5To/article.cfm World FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=72023 A Sudanese cargo plane crashed shortly after takeoff Wednesday from Sharjah airport near Dubai, killing at least six crew members. The Boeing 707 operated by Sudan Airways went down in unpopulated desert about … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-WorldFireNews/~3/IKNMu1d7IKo/article.cfm World FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=71966 A police helicopter flying over a clash between drug gangs was hit by gunfire and crashed Saturday, police said. Two officers were killed. Bullets from the Morro dos Macacos slum in northern Rio de Janeiro hit … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-WorldFireNews/~3/yOEZ_H1ynsg/article.cfm World FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=71802 A blaze erupted at a fireworks warehouse in southern India, killing at least 32 people and injuring 10 others ahead of a major Hindu festival Saturday. The victims in Friday night's explosion were mainly traders … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-WorldFireNews/~3/vxdWU3MVgds/article.cfm World FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=71795 An intense fire broke out Sunday in a slum in South America's largest city, sending residents running across rooftops to escape the flames. There were no immediate reports of deaths in Diogo Pires, a small … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-WorldFireNews/~3/gIeKLTeeBis/article.cfm World FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=71611 A damaged fire truck lies in Rosales town, Pangasinan province, northern Philippines, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2009. Driving rain on the heels of back-to-back storms triggered dozens of landslides across the northern … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-WorldFireNews/~3/EOqlIEycoCc/article.cfm World FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=71567 Ukrainian emergency responders said it took three hours to free a man whose arm became lodged in the toilet while he was trying to retrieve dropped cash. The rescuers told ukranews the 47-year-old man quickly … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-WorldFireNews/~3/NnfJscFsdF8/article.cfm World FireFightingNews.com (United Press International) Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=71495 Members of the Swiss rescue team rest after their operation to remove bodies trapped in the Ambacang Hotel Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009 in Padang, Indonesia, three days after Wednesday's 7.6-magnitude quake that … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-WorldFireNews/~3/a94lUoaVqIs/article.cfm World FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=71320 Italian firefighters recover a body from a collapsed house in Scaletta Zanclea near Messina, southern Italy, early Friday, Oct. 2, 2009, after rivers of mud unleashed by heavy rains flooded parts of the Sicilian … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-WorldFireNews/~3/ibnhtvkkhyo/article.cfm World FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=71319 Members of Afghan fire brigade try to extinguish an oil tanker set on fire by Taliban militants in Kunduz, Afghanistan, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. Two international troops one American and one British were killed in … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-WorldFireNews/~3/FMd7q1w1z5g/article.cfm World FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=71318 Turkey - A van carrying beehives crashed into a truck on Monday, and huge swarms of bees broke free and stung the injured and rescue workers at the scene. In the end, about 20 people were taken to hospitals, six … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-WorldFireNews/~3/iUUvhd04CT0/article.cfm World FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=71127 Firefighters battled a blaze at the heart of Libreville, Gabon's capital, as fire consumed the nation's largest market. An Associated Press photographer saw security forces including the elite presidential guard … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-WorldFireNews/~3/I2vj03pOcLk/article.cfm World FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=70711