Latest World News. Find every day short and brief information composed of titles and subtitles and continue reading if interested.
It’s been a tough year for Parrot. The drone maker cut 290 jobs after sub-par sales, and it wasn’t shy in admitting that its lineup was both unfocused and (for personal drones) unprofitable. However, it has an idea as to how to recover: by targeting the professional crowd. Its new Bebop-Pro Thermal and Bluegrass drones […]
Thomson Reuters BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Rain and lower temperatures are helping emergency teams in Portugal and Spain fight the forest fires that killed at least 40 people over the weekend. Civil Protection authorities say wildfires in Portugal were under control by Tuesday morning, after at least 36 people died and dozens were injured. Portugal, […]
Published time: 8 Oct, 2017 20:58 A major fire has engulfed a large clothes market in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don. Some 3,000 square meters (32,000 square feet) of stalls are ablaze, and some 75 firefighters and 24 vehicles have been dispatched to the scene. READ MORE: 3,000 people evacuated, helicopters deployed as market outside […]
Published time: 4 Sep, 2017 14:55 A Los Angeles police chief is warning people they are putting city firefighters at risk by sending drones over areas where low flying aircraft are battling the La Tuna wildfires. The outbreak of brush fires in La Tuna Canyon, Los Angeles, has caused more than 6,000 thousand acres of […]
Published time: 22 Aug, 2017 22:44 Edited time: 22 Aug, 2017 22:45 Up to 35 firefighters battled a blaze at a disused sports complex in Kent, southeast England on Tuesday. The huge fire engulfed the building on around 6:30pm. Kent Fire and Rescue Service confirmed to local media that six fire engines were sent to […]
Published time: 29 Jul, 2017 07:33 An Ohio woman was forced to place a 911 call after a boa constrictor she rescued turned on her, wrapped itself around her neck, and began biting her face. Firefighters raced to the woman’s house in the small Ohio town of Sheffield Lake on Thursday and cut the 5 […]
Borough commander Richard Welch explained the initial horror he felt on his way to the scene, as the number of required response units increased by the minute. By the time he got there, he knew he had a “serious incident” on his hands. As various firefighters on the scene recalled seeing what was described by […]
Dany Cotton, Commissioner of London Fire Brigade, and Richard Welch were among the heroes responsible for saving hundreds of lives when the West London building rapidly became engulfed in flames last month. However, speaking to This Morning hosts Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford, Welch admitted that the lives you remember are the lives that were […]
Sometimes it’s fun to be the center of attention, especially when you’re a toddler. And when you’re a toddler and firetrucks and firefighters are involved, it can be pure giggles, as this photo shows. Last week, 14-month-old Brandon Emery was sitting in mom Kirsty Green’s car in Bude, England, while she loaded groceries into the […]
Nearly a year after a wildfire devastated Fort McMurray, many firefighters who worked to save the city are facing lingering health problems, according to preliminary findings of new research. CBC | Health News
