AfirefighterdiedThursdaymorningwhilebattlingthewildfireinSouthernCaliforniadubbedThomasFire,thefourthlargestwildfireinmodernCaliforniahistory,evenastheauthoriti
California'sgovernordeclaredTuesdayastateofemergencyinVenturaCountyasbrushfiresdestroyedhundredsofhomesandpromptedtensofthousandsofresidentstoevacuate."Thisfire
Atleast25people,mostlystudents,werekilledafterafirebrokeoutatareligiousschoolinKualaLumpur,MalaysiaearlyonThursdaymorning.Thefirewasreportedataround5:40a.m.(214
FirefightersintheUKhaveapologizedafterpostingpicturesonFacebookbarbecuingsausagesmadefrompigletstheysavedfromablazeafewmonthsearlier.ThefirefighterstackledinFeb
RetiredfirefightersfromacrossthecountryhavereportedmentalhealthproblemsdespitenotevenattendingtheGrenfellfiredisaster.TheFireFightersCharityrevealedthattheharro
AnexcessiveheathitsouthernCaliforniathisweekend,withthehightemperatureinsomeareasreaching107Fahrenheitdegrees(about42degreescentigrade).Thisisalsoatoughweekendf
Amazon is reportedly at work on a new smartphone lineup currently being developed under the codename “Ice.” The new devices would succeed Amazon’s poorly received Fire Phone from 2014 and would come with Google’s suite of apps such as Gmail and Google Play. The Fire Phone, as well as Amazon’s range of Fire tablets, do not include these features。
Amazonisreportedlyatworkonanewsmartphonelineupcurrentlybeingdevelopedunderthecodename“Ice.”ThenewdeviceswouldsucceedAmazon’spoorlyreceivedFirePhonefrom2014andwo
The world's finest uncut opal, a 998-gram gem called the Fire of Australia, has gone on permanent public display for the first time since its discovery more than 60 years ago.
A Southern California wildfire raged unchecked in thick brush on Wednesday after destroying dozens of houses near a highway corridor between Los Angeles and Las Vegas and forcing as many as 80,000 residents to flee their homes, officials said.
The authorities in southern California ordered the evacuation of 82,000 people on Tuesday (Aug 16), after a wildfire broke out in a mountain pass and rapidly engulfed 3,642ha, an official said.
The Museum of London on Saturday opened an interactive exhibition for the Great Fire of London in 1666.
The documentary "Fire at Sea" directed by Gianfranco Rosi won the Golden Bear for the Best Film in the 66th Berlin International Film Festival on Saturday.
The Japanese government on Tuesday agreed on quantifiable means of heightening the nation's disaster preparedness, spanning increasing the number of earthquake- resistant homes and buildings, to boosting the number of emergency services deployable in disaster situations.