A fire broke out overnight at an oil depot in Russian-controlled territory of eastern Ukraine after Ukrainian forces shelled the city of Donetsk, the head of the city administration said on Tuesday. “As a result of overnight shelling in the Budennovsky district, there was a fire at a fuel storage warehouse,” Donetsk mayor Alexey Kulemzin…

ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y.—A tanker carrying gasoline lost control, crashed into a vacant building, and burst into flames on Long Island early Wednesday, injuring the truck driver and three firefighters who responded, authorities said. In a video posted to Twitter, thick black smoke was seen billowing from the Rockville Centre building, which was fully engulfed in…

JAKARTA—At least 19 people have died after a karaoke bar in Indonesia’s West Papua was set ablaze following a brawl between rival gangs of youths in the area, police in the provincial capital of Sorong said on Tuesday. One person was fatally stabbed in the fight early on Tuesday before the venue was set on…

ZAHRANI, Lebanon—Firefighters extinguished a huge blaze that broke out in a storage tank at one of Lebanon’s main oil facilities in the country’s south Monday. The fire sent orange flames and a thick black column of smoke into the sky. Energy Minister Walid Fayad said the fire broke out when workers were transferring gasoline from…

A Wisconsin family have their teenage son to thank for getting his four little sisters outside when their house caught fire earlier this month. The young hero, 13-year-old Briar Omar, and his siblings smelled smoke minutes after their parents left for the grocery store to pick up dinner Sept. 5. “Me and my sisters smelled…

MILAN—The mayor of Italy’s financial capital Milan demanded answers on Monday over why a fire was able to rip through an apartment block and melt its cladding, comparing it to the Grenfell Tower fire in London that killed 71 people four years ago. Firefighters said everyone managed to escape the 18 story building in the…

Firefighters are still tackling a blaze in the centre of Edinburgh that started more than 24 hours ago. The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) was called to a blaze affecting several properties at George IV Bridge at 6:18 a.m. on Tuesday. One person was taken to hospital and another was treated at the scene….

PEFKI, Greece—Thousands of people have fled their homes on the Greek island of Evia as wildfires burned uncontrolled for a sixth day on Sunday, and ferries were on standby for more evacuations after taking many to safety by sea. The blaze on Evia, Greece’s second-biggest island, quickly burgeoned into several fronts, ripping through thousands of…

While putting out a blaze that devastated an automotive shop in Georgia early July, a firefighter rescued an American flag from burning. A bystander captured footage of firefighter Kyle Hartsook, who took action on seeing the flames drawing near the flag after consuming most of KO Automotive in Bartow County. “It was just a normal day…

BLY, Ore.—The nation’s largest wildfire raged through southern Oregon on Friday, but crews were scaling back some night operations as hard work and weaker winds helped reduce the spread of flames even as wildfires continued to threaten homes in neighboring California. In Montana, five firefighters remained hospitalized a day after a thunderstorm and swirling winds…