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Santa Barbara evacuated as Thomas flares up again

AuthoritiesinCaliforniahaveissuednewevacuationordersasahugewildfireflaresupagaininSantaBarbaraCounty.Meteorologistssaidfreshnortherlywindswerelikelytodrivethefl

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More than 100 firefighters tackling huge fire in northern London

Morethan100firefightersaretryingtotameahugefireatawarehouseinnorthLondononMondayevening,localmediareported.Ateamof20fireenginesand120firefightersweresenttothewa

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Firefighters suffering mental health issues after Grenfell Tower blaze

RetiredfirefightersfromacrossthecountryhavereportedmentalhealthproblemsdespitenotevenattendingtheGrenfellfiredisaster.TheFireFightersCharityrevealedthattheharro

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Heroes without capes: Portugal's firefighters work for free

Almostallofthe2,000Portuguesefirefightersataweeklongwildfirethatkilled64peoplethissummerhadsomethingincommonapartfromtheacutedangertheyfaced:theyweredoingitforn

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Wind-driven fires rage on in France's south and island of Corsica

HundredsoffirefightersintheRivieraregionofsouthernFranceandontheislandofCorsica,continuedtobattlewind-whippedblazesonTuesday,whichhaveleftseveralfirstresponders

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Desperate search for trapped Iran firefighters

Rescue workers pressed a desperate search on Friday for around 20 firefighters trapped under the rubble of a Tehran high-rise that collapsed the previous day.

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602 Chinese firemen died on duty since 1949

​Six hundred and two Chinese firefighters have died on duty since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) said Friday.

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Tianjin starts compensating people injured in blasts

The government of Tianjin has started to compensate people injured in the warehouse explosions there last month, local authorities said on Tuesday.

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Death toll from Tianjin warehouse blast rises to 123

The death toll from a warehouse blast in north China's Tianjin Municipality has risen to 123, including 70 firefighters and seven policemen, authorities said at a press conference on Sunday.

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Firefighters' deaths in building collapse prompt debate

The deaths of five firefighters during the New Year holiday in Northeast China have raised questions among the public about the level of professionalism among the country's firefighters.

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Warehouse fire kills 9 in Argentine capital

At least nine people, most of them firefighters, were killed and another seven injured on Wednesday while extinguishing a warehouse fire in the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires, local authorities said.

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150 people rescued within 72 hours after Lushan quake

Firefighters located 165 people, including 150 survivors, within 72 hours after a 7.0-magnitude quake hit southwest China on Saturday, the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) said Tuesday.

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Bushfire threatens residents in Australia

Residents of Australia's New South Wales (NSW) are being warned of the worst fire danger they have ever faced, with "catastrophic" fire conditions forecast in some areas of the state and New Zealand is to send 12 specialist rural firefighters to Australia to help battle wild fires, local media reported on Tuesday.