FIRE

Across North America, wildfire crews are gearing up for a particularly difficult season.

Strong winds expected to stoke the fire, which has already torn through an area larger than Chicago.

Broward Sheriff’s Office firefighters are working to extinguish a fire that erupted Friday morning at a recreational vehicle campground in Pembroke Park.

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Greek authorities say a man who was seriously injured in a fire that broke out in the COVID-19 ward of a hospital in northern Greece has died of his injuries.

Showers and severe thunderstorms possible both Saturday and Sunday

A large grass fire in west Miami-Dade is now 40% contained after burning 410 acres, the Florida Forest Service confirmed, and on Thursday another brush fire erupted -- this time in Miami Lakes.

A large grass fire in west Miami-Dade is now 80% contained after burning 110 acres, the Florida Forest Service confirmed.

Nearly 20,000 people who were forced to flee a wildfire in northern Colorado are back home after firefighters were able to stop the spread of the fire at 190 acres.

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Large flames and smoke can be seen billowing out of the 17th floor of the high-rise building.

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Crews responded and were able to put out the fire that occurred at 6991 NW 82nd Avenue in West Miami-Dade, authorities said.

An extra-alarm fire is burning Wednesday afternoon on the Northwest Side.

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The extra-alarm blaze in the 4300 block of North Richmond Street in Albany Park required about 150 firefighters and 50 vehicles and it still wasn't under control around 8 a.m., officials said.

Fire tests on cladding similar to Grenfell Tower's resulted in 20m flames, an inquiry hears.

The Chicago Fire’s search for a new, 30-acre training facility in the city has taken the soccer club to the Near West Side after previous plans to build in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood fell through.

Arlington Heights Police and Fire departments responded to the fire about 12:20 a.m. Jan. 7 in the 400 block of West Rand Road. Police arrested the man after he made comments about the fire, the police department said in a news release.

The president and first lady toured a damaged neighborhood and met with families who suffered losses in the Marshall fire.

Large flames and a huge column of smoke could be seen coming out of the building on Sunday morning.

A 2-year-old boy died Tuesday after the house he was in caught fire in the West Pullman neighborhood, a Chicago Fire Department spokesman said.

A man was seen with a bag leaking liquid that ignited, charring the 4th floor clinic in a building that may only have had one escape route, leaving many people trapped.

Police are looking into the possibility that the blaze was deliberately started, say local media.

Japan’s NHK says a fire broke out in a building in Osaka in western Japan and 27 people are feared dead

Dozens of people are trapped on the rooftop of a Hong Kong skyscraper after a major fire broke out, as firefighters rush to rescue them and put out the blaze

The fire — categorized as a level three incident on a scale of one to five — was "largely put out" at 4.30pm local time, the government said on Wednesday

Oak Park firefighters had been on the scene of an extra-alarm commercial fire on Lake Street since about 9:40 a.m. Tuesday.

Residents are warned to keep their windows closed due to smoke spreading over the area.

Police in western India say 11 patients have died after a fire broke out in a hospital’s COVID-19 ward.

On the Greek island of Evia last summer an intense conflagration took almost two weeks to control.

Six women suffered second-degree burns after a boat exploded at a Dania Beach marina. All are expected to recover after receiving treatment at BrowardHealth, a fire rescue official said..

It appeared that several cars caught on fire at the junkyard in Medley along 72nd Street and 84th Avenue.

At least one person died after jumping from the 19th floor to escape a fire that engulfed a 61-story luxury apartment building in Mumbai in western India on Friday, a fire official said. Television images showed heavy black smoke billowing into the sky from the 19th floor apartment on Curry Road in south Mumbai, India’s financial and entertainment capital. Kailash Aggarwal, the building owner, said there are 400 apartments in the building and all residents were accounted for.

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Dozens of firefighters were spotted by Local 10 News at the scene near Southwest 30th Terrace and 96th Avenue.

Experts say there is a lot to learn from the state's second-largest fire, including how it spread — and how firefighters stopped it.

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Authorities in North Macedonia say forensic experts have identified the 14 victims of a fire in a COVID-19 field hospital as 12 patients and two visiting relatives

Experts warn that the fire could destroy thousands of structures and put lives at risk in the next few days.

Flames erupting from a tire shop on Pembroke Road and 24th Terrace and ripped into a family home next door.

More than 17,000 structures remain under threat from the blaze, which is 5% contained.

Crews were met by heavy smoke but were able to quickly contain the fire to its area of origin, authorities said.

Oregon’s Bootleg fire has offered new evidence that Indigenous techniques can change how megafires behave Smoke from the Bootleg fire billows near Sycan Marsh in Oregon. Photograph: US Forest Service/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock The Bootleg fire stampeded through southern Oregon so fiercely that it spit up thunderclouds. But when the flames approached the Sycan Marsh Preserve, a 30,000-acre wetland thick with ponderosa pines, something incredible happened. The flames weakened and the fire sl

Pillars of billowing smoke and ash are blocking out the sun above Greece’s second-largest island as a days-old wildfire devours pristine forests and triggers more evacuation alerts

A fire inspection report cited the Tesla Model S’s thermal management system and a fault in the electrical system as two possible causes in the fire.

A fuel tanker caught fire on a busy South Florida roadway Sunday afternoon.

A wildfire that broke out Saturday in western Greece forced the evacuation of four villages and people on a beach by the Fire Service, the Coast Guard and private boats, authorities said. The fire was in a mountain forest 30 kilometers (19 miles) east of Patras, Greece's third-largest city, Citizen Protection Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis said late Saturday. Aided by strong winds, the fire raced down the slopes and threatened seaside villages.

Navy officials say they do not believe the sailor intended to destroy the ship, but the blaze he set was whipped by high winds into a towering inferno.

According to officials, the two-story structure is possibly an abandoned building.

The kind of weather needed to fully contain the Bootleg Fire is not expected in this part of Oregon until the late fall.

At least five people were shot in Gresham Wednesday afternoon, about 12 hours after another shooting that left five people wounded in West Garfield Park.

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The effort began when the manager of a nearby resort walked by the burning building and spotted a crowd outside in wedding attire.

A warehouse holding a reported 15 metric tons (16.5 tons) of fireworks in central Moscow caught fire on Saturday, sending a huge cloud of smoke and a fusillade of explosions over the area.

A 40-year-old woman died Saturday morning after a house fire broke out in the West Englewood neighborhood on the South Side.

The fire could last for several days.

An evacuation order was in place Monday in a northern Illinois near Rockford because of a chemical fire large enough to be picked up by weather radar, officials said.

A group of families in Miami-Dade County have been displaced from their home after it was engulfed in flames in the middle of night.

A woman died and six people were displaced in a residential fire early Friday in Englewood.

A fire broke out Thursday at a juvenile detention center in Egypt's capital of Cairo, killing at least six children, officials said. The officials said the fire followed a fist-fight between two children in one ward at the facility, located in the city's Marj district. More than two dozen other children were injured, they said.

MCFR said the fire was contained to the catamaran and was put out within 30 minutes.

One man has died and another man in his 80s was in critical condition after a fire started in an East Chatham apartment building on Wednesday evening.

A 53-year-old man died after emergency crews found in him in a burning Little Village apartment early Friday, according to officials.

Firefighters were battling "extreme circumstances" for a 3rd day to put out the blaze on the slopes of the iconic South African mountain.

Police said a call came in at approximately 10 a.m. Monday in reference to a fire at the corner for Northwest 98th Street and 8th Avenue.

A car on fire yields a grisly discovery in Hollywood Sunday morning.

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Two vehicles were scorched overnight in a fire in northwest Miami-Dade. The incident unfolded in the area of Northwest 104th Street and Fifth Avenue. “It sounded like very loud popping noises,” Jonathan Jimenez, who lives next door to where the fire occurred, said. Jimenez said part of a nearby pickup truck was also melted by the flames. Police officers at the scene said they knocked on the door of the home that the vehicles were parked outside of but no one was home.

The OVH data center is seen in Strasbourg, eastern France, Thursday, March 11, 2021. A fire broke out on Wednesday in a room of one of the 4 OVH cloud data center affecting websites in several European countries. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)PARIS – Numerous companies and websites in France suffered outages and disruptions to services after a fire swept through a cloud computing provider's facility. No one was injured in the blaze, which destroyed one of the site's four data centers and damaged another one. AdOVH operates 15 data centers in Europe and competes with giant U.S. cloud-computing rivals such as Amazon Web Services.

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Firefighters extinguished a fire that erupted Wednesday morning at a warehouse in northeast Miami-Dade. Three firefighters were standing on the roof, assessing the situation as other firefighters worked to extinguish the blaze from the ground. The warehouse was used for various businesses, and items such as wholesale clothing, souvenirs, home goods and perfumes were inside the building. Ad“I believe everything is gone because of the water -- it’s a perfume business,” one business owner said. The cause of the fire is unclear at this time, but firefighters believe it started in the back of the building.

The fire occurred in the 4300 block of West Ford City Drive in the Ford City neighborhood, according to the Fire Department. The fire was contained to one unit on the first floor and was suspected to have started in the kitchen due to cooking left unattended.

The fire went out on its own, and it wasn’t until a few hours later when scrolling through the surveillance tape did the couple even discovered that someone was attempting to set their house on fire. Police were called and the surveillance video was turned over to Coral Springs Police. The South Florida Sun Sentinel was also given a copy of the video.

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – Authorities are investigating a fire that broke out overnight at a church in Hollywood. “We’ll come together and fix this and just praise God for his goodness,” Pastor Justin Severson said. Severson told Local 10 News that he got a call from Hollywood police around 1:30 a.m. Thursday, saying his church, the Church of Jesus Christ, had caught fire. The pastor said he’s grateful someone passing by the church noticed the fire and called 911 right away, so firefighters were able to quickly contain the fire to the entrance of the church. “We’ve had a case before were somebody threw a (Molotov) cocktail at the window, so yes, it’s under investigation,” he said.

PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. – A fire that broke out Tuesday morning at a townhouse in Pembroke Pines — and then reignited hours later — is believed to have been caused by an electrical problem, authorities said. AdThe Red Cross said it is helping coordinate emergency aid to 10 families affected, including 18 people. According to Pembroke Pines police, officers and firefighters arrived at the scene to find smoke and flames coming from one of the townhomes. The Red Cross and the police department’s victim’s advocate are assisting the displaced families. A GoFundMe page has been created to directly assist the families affected by Tuesday’s fire in Pembroke Pines.

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Miami-Dade firefighters discovered a body Friday morning after responding to a rubbish fire. The fire was reported behind a building in the area of 18941 NE First Place. One woman who lives in the area told Local 10 News reporter Annaliese Garcia that she woke up around 5 a.m. and saw flames, so she called the fire department. “A body burnt? Anyone with information about the case is asked to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.

In this photo released by Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service, firefighters work at the site of fire at a nursing home in the town of Borovsky, western Siberia, Russia, Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. Russian authorities say seven people have died in the fire at a nursing home in western Siberia. (Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations press service via AP)MOSCOW – A fire at a nursing home in Siberia killed seven people on Saturday, Russian authorities said. The fire took place at the private home for the elderly in the Tyumen region of western Siberia. Local officials said the home in the town of Borovsky wasn't registered with authorities.

MIAMI – The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Florida Department of Financial Services, City of Miami Police Department, and City of Miami Fire Rescue are offering a reward up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for a fire that occurred in October 2019 at a nightclub in the city of Miami. The fire was reported Oct. 10, 2019, at the Lobo Jack nightclub at 4545 NW Seventh St. Do you know anything about the Lobo Jack Nightclub fire? Call 1-888-ATF-TIPS or 1-877-NO-ARSON pic.twitter.com/BNRnrtlLT9 — ATF Miami (@ATFMiami) November 11, 2020Surveillance video released Wednesday shows a man who authorities believe is the arsonist. Anyone with further information is asked to call the ATF at 1-(888)-ATF-FIRE or 1-877-NO ARSON.

LAUDERHILL, Fla. – Authorities are investigating a suspicious fire in Lauderhill that affected both a home and two vehicles. According to Lauderhill police Lt. Michael Santiago, the residents inside the home were awakened by the smell of smoke and realized that two of the cars in their driveway were engulfed in flames. I have no car,” Clark said. Santiago confirmed that the fire appears to be suspicious and said police and fire investigators are working to determine the cause. Anyone with further information is asked to call the Lauderhill Police Department at 954-497-4700.

POMPANO BEACH, Fla. – Fire crews responded overnight to a blaze in Pompano Beach. Authorities said it happened at a business, and that there were multiple explosions. Investigators told Local 10 News' Parker Branton early Sunday morning that the case was being viewed as possible arson. It all happened at the Waste Pro facility located on Northwest 16th Terrace in Pompano Beach. Fire rescue workers told Local 10 they arrived at the scene shortly after 3 a.m.

The 2,000-acre (809-hectare) fire in Santa Rosa County, located just east of Pensacola, prompted the evacuation of 1,100 homes Wednesday. Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried said in a news conference Thursday afternoon that fire officials are working around the clock to contain the wildfires. Rich Aloy, with the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office, was patrolling Wednesday when he and other deputies rescued an older couple trapped by a burning power line. The Santa Rosa County fire began Monday when a prescribed burn by a private contractor got out of control, Fried said. Crews from other areas of Florida, including Jacksonville, are assisting firefighters who've been working long hours since Monday.

MIRAMAR, Fla. – A Miramar home is a total loss after a fire early Friday morning. Miliedy Nunez said someone driving by spotted the flames and then banged on the windows to alert her and others to get out. “I was all the way in the back where the fire started with my two children sleeping (and) then I heard my brother screaming," Nunez said. She said her 13-year-old and 17-year-old sons, her brother and their neighbor who lives in an attached suite were able to get out. “Thank God we were safe, alive because that man driving on the street that came up to us banging on the window.

LAUDERHILL, Fla. – A storage unit caught fire Tuesday afternoon at the Swap Shop in Lauderhill, authorities confirmed. Lauderhill Fire Rescue officials said no injuries were reported after the incident at 3295 W. Sunrise Blvd. The cause of the fire is under investigation. No other details were immediately released.

NARANJA, Fla. – A fire erupted Wednesday morning inside a fourth-floor apartment unit in Naranja, authorities confirmed. According to Miami-Dade Fire Rescue spokeswoman Erika Benitez, firefighters arrived at the scene to find heavy smoke and flames coming from the unit. Sky 10 was above the scene shortly after 10 a.m. as the fire appeared to have been extinguished. A window was blown out and the exterior wall around the window was blackened by the smoke and flames. According to Benitez, the apartment building was evacuated and the Red Cross has been requested to provide temporary assistance to the affected families.

Vacant building catches fire in North Miami BeachPublished: February 10, 2020, 7:45 amA vacant building that was being used as storage for a school catches fire in North Miami Beach.

Fire officials are warning of "catastrophic fire danger" as firefighters battle dozens of blazes raging across the Australian state of New South Wales. There were 64 fires burning as of early Monday, the New South Wales Rural Fire Service said in a tweet, with 40 yet to be contained. According to Sue Ashton, president of the Koala Hospital Port Macquarie, an estimated 350 koalas are feared dead in the bushfires. An estimated 500 to 600 koalas live on the Lake Innes Nature Reserve in New South Wales, Ashton said, and two-thirds of the habitat has already burned. The koala population of New South Wales dropped below 20,000 because of excessive tree-clearing, the World Wildlife Fund said in March.

Fire crews worked to increase containment of the Saddleridge fire, which has destroyed dozens of homes in the San Fernando Valley. LOS ANGELES - Fire crews worked to increase containment of the Saddleridge fire, which has destroyed dozens of homes in the San Fernando Valley. The fire, which began just after 9 p.m. on Oct. 10, was 43 percent contained as of Monday, the Los Angeles Fire Department stated in an update. A Porter Ranch man who tried to douse the flames around his home with a garden hose died after suffering cardiac arrest Friday. Three firefighters were injured, including one who suffered a minor eye injury, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. – Coral Springs police have located a woman who was wanted for questioning in a fire at a Dollar Tree, police said on Wednesday. The fire was reported about 12:30 p.m. April 15 at the Dollar Tree at 11530 W. Sample Road. Police said the fire started in aisle 4 of the store, and flames could be seen on surveillance video reaching above the top of the shelves. The woman was captured on surveillance video inside the store. Authorities said the cause of fire remains under investigation, but it appears to be suspicious.