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HUGE FIRE BREAKS OUT AT AN APARTMENT BLOCK IN MANCHESTER
The fire service tweeted We're currently tackling a fire on the 9th floor of a 12 storey building on Joiner Street in Manchester's Northern Quarter... READ MORE›
CHINESE 'ROOFTOPPER' WU YONGNING PLUNGES TO HIS DEATH FROM 62-STOREY TOWER AS $20,000 STUNT GOES WRONG
Chinese media reported Mr Wu had been offered prizemoney of 100,000 yuan 20,000 for his latest stunt, but there were no details about who the sponsor was... READ MORE›
FIRE ERUPTS AT CHELSEA APARTMENT BUILDING ON CHRISTMAS
A blaze broke out at an apartment building in Chelsea Monday afternoon, said officials... READ MORE›
INTERIM REVIEW OF GRENFELL TOWER TRAGEDY CALLS FOR 'CULTURE CHANGE' IN U.K. FIRE SAFETY
An interim review into U.K. building regulations commissioned after the Grenfell Tower social housing block fire in London that killed 71 people in June, h... READ MORE›
BAN FLAMMABLE MATERIALS FROM EUROPE'S HIGH-RISES TO PREVENT ANOTHER GRENFELL, SAY EXPERTS
Ban flammable materials from Europe's high-rises to prevent another Grenfell, say experts... READ MORE›
SURVIVORS TRAUMATIZED SIX MONTHS AFTER LONDON TOWER BLAZE
Vassiliki Stavrou-Loraine, 66, lived opposite Grenfell Tower and knew many of the victims after 35 years in the neighborhood... READ MORE›
AS THE CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES CONSUMED HOUSES, FIVE FRIENDS GRABBED GARDEN HOSES AND WENT TO WORK
Smoke blows out of the burning palm trees as brush fire threatens homes in Ventura, California... READ MORE›
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ENTIRE 19TH-CENTURY QUEBEC VILLAGE UP FOR SALE
Canadiana Village, about an hour north of Montreal near Rawdon, Que., has been on the market since the fall... READ MORE›
AT LEAST 58 KILLED IN MASSIVE EARTHQUAKE OFF MEXICO COAST
MEXICO CITY -- Minutes before midnight, warning sirens blared across this earthquake-anxious capital... READ MORE›
3 QUAKES HIT SNOW-BURIED CENTRAL ITALY IN ONE HOUR
Three people were missing after a series of strong earthquakes slammed a mountainous, snow-walloped area of central Italy still recovering from recent, deadly quakes... READ MORE›
GRIEF GIVES WAY TO ANGER AS GRENFELL TOWER RESIDENTS DEMAND ANSWERS OVER STRING OF FAILURES
London fire latest Grief gives way to anger as Grenfell tower residents demand answers over string of failures... READ MORE›
MAJOR EARTHQUAKE SHAKES MEXICO CITY; AT LEAST 149 DEAD
A powerful earthquake shook Mexico City causing panic on the 32nd anniversary of a devastating 1985 quake... READ MORE›
GRENFELL TOWER: CANDLELIT VIGIL FOR VICTIMS AFTER GRIEF TURNED TO ANGER AT EARLIER PROTESTSA
The posting said At least 12 people have died in the fire at Grenfell Tower... READ MORE›
FIRE RIPS THROUGH DUBAI SKYSCRAPER
Related Stories A fire has swept through the Torch skyscraper in Dubai, one of the tallest residential buildings in the world... READ MORE›
JAPAN EARTHQUAKE: POWERFUL NEW TREMOR IN KUMAMOTO
Japan is regularly hit by earthquakes but stringent building codes mean that they rarely cause significant damage... READ MORE›
75 OUT OF 75 HIGH-RISES IN BRITAIN FAIL FIRE SAFETY TESTS
Damage to Grenfell Tower is seen following the catastrophic fire in west London... READ MORE›
GRENFELL TOWER: CLADDING MATERIAL LINKED TO FIRE PULLED FROM SALE WORLDWIDE
Arconic discontinues Reynobond PE, an element of cladding linked to the London blaze, for use in high-rise buildings... READ MORE›
IN U.K., ALL 75 BUILDINGS TESTED SO FAR FOR FIRE SAFETY HAVE FAILED
Thousands face evacuation as the authorities race to see how many high-rises have been wrapped in the same combustible cladding as that at Grenfell Tower... READ MORE›
7.8-MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE HITS ECUADOR - VIDEO
At least 77 people were killed when a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Ecuador, destroying buildings and a bridge and sending terrified residents dashing from their homes... READ MORE›
THE LONDON FIRE WHAT WE KNOW
Grenfell Tower's management company carried out an overhaul of the fire safety system only last year, considering it a model for its many properties... READ MORE›
BACKLASH AS JOHN MCDONNELL CLAIMS BLAZE VICTIMS 'MURDERED BY POLITICAL DECISIONS'
Grenfell fire Backlash as John McDonnell claims blaze victims 'murdered by political decisions'... READ MORE›
SAKURAJIMA VOLCANO: CHANCE OF LARGE ERUPTION 'EXTREMELY HIGH'
Japan raises eruption warning for southern volcano to second-highest level and tells thousands of residents to prepare for a possible evacuation... READ MORE›
1. ARE THE ECUADOR AND JAPAN EARTHQUAKES RELATED?
Here are five things to know about recent earthquakes in Japan and Ecuador... READ MORE›
RESCUE UNDER WAY AFTER MASSIVE TREMOR
Rescue efforts are under way in south-western Japan after a second powerful earthquake in two days hits the region, reportedly killing at least 15 people... READ MORE›
JAPAN EARTHQUAKE: SEARCH FOR KYUSHU SURVIVORS INTENSIFIES
The search for survivors of two powerful earthquakes that struck the south-western Japanese island of Kyushu has intensified... READ MORE›
WOULD THIS LONDON HIGH-RISE PASS MUSTER IN NEW YORK SHORT ANSWER NO
Would the building's construction have passed safety regulations in New York City?... READ MORE›
SAN FRANCISCO COULD BE HIT BY MASSIVE EARTHQUAKE 'ANY DAY NOW', SAYS USGS SCIENTIST
The San Francisco Bay Area could be struck by a major earthquake any day now, says a scientist with the US Geological Survey... READ MORE›
IN MEXICO CITY, HUNDREDS JOIN IN CHAOTIC RESCUE
MEXICO CITY -- The seven-story apartment building had just flattened into a layer-cake of concrete... READ MORE›
EVACUATED LONDON RESIDENTS TRY TO COPE
On Thursday, there was confusion about the number of tower blocks thought to have hazardous cladding similar to Grenfell Tower's... READ MORE›
TOKYO SECOND-RISKIEST CITY IN THE WORLD FOR DISASTERS, LLOYD'S OF LONDON SAYS
Both Tokyo and Osaka were cited as examples of a combination of high economic value and high exposure to both natural catastrophes and man-made risks... READ MORE›
KUMAMOTO RESIDENTS PICK UP THE PIECES FOLLOWING KYUSHU'S STRONGEST QUAKE
It was just like the Great Hanshin Earthquake or the Great East Japan Earthquake... READ MORE›
27 PUBLIC HOUSING APARTMENT BUILDINGS FAIL SAFETY CHECKS
Thousands of residents in a northwest London housing estate have been forced to leave their apartments after fire checks found the buildings to be unsafe... READ MORE›
QA DO QUAKES SIGNAL AN EPIDEMIC SCIENTISTS SAY NO
Earthquakes of magnitudes exceeding 7.0 struck Japan and Ecuador just hours apart on Saturday... READ MORE›
DEATH TOLL RISES AS SECOND MASSIVE QUAKE HITS JAPAN
The earthquake hit Kumamoto prefecture for a second time following a 6.4 earthquake on April 14, 2016, that killed nine people... READ MORE›
GOVERNMENT 'FACES A?600M CLADDING SAFETY BILL AFTER GRENFELL TOWER DISASTER'
The Government faces an estimated bill of more than ?600m for replacing flammable cladding on housing blocks after the Grenfell Tower disaster... READ MORE›
DEADLY EARTHQUAKE HITS IRAN'S NORTH KHORASAN PROVINCE
At least two people were killed and 370 injured when a 5.7-magnitude earthquake hit Iran's North Khorasan province, state media reported... READ MORE›
DEVELOPER ARRESTED IN TAIWAN BUILDING COLLAPSE
Many questions have been raised in the past several days about the design and construction of the building... READ MORE›