Officials confirmed 35 deaths, but they said the toll was likely to rise as search and rescue continued.
Tag: Fires and Firefighters
Japan Fire: Osaka Police Identify a Suspect, 61
A 61-year-old man, hospitalized after the fire at an Osaka psychiatric clinic, is being investigated on suspicion of arson and murder, the police said.
Hundreds Trapped by Fire at World Trade Center in Hong Kong
The blaze at the World Trade Center in Causeway Bay injured at least 13 people, including one who was semiconscious, the police said.
India Hospital Fire Leaves at Least 4 Infants Dead
The blaze, in a hospital in central India on Monday night, was the latest in a series of deadly fires at health care centers in recent months.
Over 2,000 New York City Firefighters Took Sick Days as Vaccine Mandate Looms
More than 22,000 municipal workers remained unvaccinated a day before a city deadline to get their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine.
New York Braces for Staffing Shortages as Vaccine Deadline Nears
Thousands of workers in the city’s uniformed services are not yet in compliance with a vaccine mandate for city workers that takes effect Monday.
Taiwan Couple Are Suspected of Negligent Homicide in Building Fire
Prosecutors accused a woman of leaving a burning incense coil unattended in the building in Kaohsiung. Her partner was accused of failing to remind her to douse the coil before leaving.
Taiwan’s ‘Ghost Building’ Fire: a Death Trap for Dozens of Elderly
“I had no choice but to live here,” said one resident who survived a blaze that killed 46 of her neighbors and raised questions about lax safety standards.
Taiwan Building Fire Kills at Least 46
Dozens more were injured after a fire broke out at a 13-story building in the southern port city of Kaohsiung.
Fire Kills 7 in Romanian Hospital’s Covid Ward
The fire was the third in a Romanian hospital in less than a year, underscoring the precarious state of the nation’s health care system.