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Smoke and flames from a forest fire are seen near Lousa, Portugal, October 16, 2017. (REUTERS)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 18, 2017 | World
Portugal’s government minister in charge of emergency services resigned Wednesday after more than a hundred people were killed in wildfires in the past months. Interior Minister Constanca Urbano de Sousa tendered her resignation and Prime Minister Antonio Costa said...
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Iranian firefighters work to extinguish fire of the Plasco building in central Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. A high-rise building in Tehran engulfed by a fire collapsed on Thursday as scores of firefighters battled the blaze. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 19, 2017 | World
A 17-storey commercial building in Tehran engulfed by fire collapsed on Thursday, killing at least 30 firefighters and injuring some 75 people, state media reported. Firefighters, soldiers, sniffer dogs and other emergency responders dug through the rubble, looking...
