24 h. ago Container ship goes up in flames in Hull with roads and museum forced to close as swathes of city are blanketed with thick smoke

Smoke billowed from Albert Dock on Friday with people a mile away in the city centre left struggling to see. Others coughed and spluttered as the thick fumes drifted across the area.

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29 h. ago Cargo ship bursts into flames in UK city as smoke filling sky has people 'coughing'

One eye-witness said Hull is 'covered in smoke' after photos emerged showing a cargo ship moored near to the city covered in smoke which is being driven by a northeasterly breeze

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30 h. ago Fire rages on cargo ship with smoke and ‘burning plastic’ smell engulfing Hull

Humberside Fire and Rescue Service was called to Albert Dock at around 10am

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31 h. ago Hull fire: Huge blaze on ship causes thick plume of smoke to engulf city centre

Shocking pictures show a container ship which appears to be on fire in Albert Dock. Locals nearby in Hull city centre say they have been impacted by the smoke

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56 h. ago Moment £50,000 electric Mercedes EQA explodes after suspected battery fault

This is the terrifying moment a suspected faulty battery caused an electric car to spontaneously burst into flames and explode.

Economics

60 h. ago Drunk driver who killed my ‘amazing princess’ in 100mph crash mustn’t get his licence back, says Lillie Clack’s mother

Charlie Hilton, 25, was chased by police before his Mercedes hit a tree and burst into flames in Carshalton, south London

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64 h. ago The world wants China’s rare earth elements – what is life like in the city that produces them?

More than 80% of China’s rare earth reserves are located in Baotou, an industrial hub of 2.7 million people that abuts the Gobi desertCentral Baotou, an industrial hub of 2.7 million people that abuts the Gobi desert in north China, feels just like any other second-tier Chinese city. Large shopping malls featuring western chains including Starbucks and KFC stand alongside street after street of busy local restaurants, where people sit outside and children play late into the evening, enjoying the relative relief of the cooler temperatures that arrive after dark in Inner Mongolia’s baking summer.But a short drive into the city’s suburbs reveal another typical, less hospitable, Chinese scene. Factories crowd the city’s edges, with chimneys belching white plumes of smoke. As well as steel and silicon plants, Baotou is home to China’s monopoly on rare earths, the metallic elements that are used in oil refining equipment and car batteries and that have become a major sticking point in the...

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3 d. ago New pictures reveal scale of damage to Hotspur Press mill after devastating fire

The huge inferno ravaged the iconic building and sent plumes of smoke billowing over Manchester city centre

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3 d. ago Cargo ship carrying new vehicles sinks in international waters

There have been more troubles for the cargo ship that caught fire earlier this month off Alaska's Aleutian Islands chain

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3 d. ago Shocking pictures show city's oldest mill reduced to smouldering ruin after major fire

A ferocious blaze tore through the Hotspur Press building on Monday night resulting in a smoke-filled city centre, road closures and the evacuation of 180 people from their homes

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4 d. ago Passengers evacuated from St Pancras station after van bursts into flames outside

Onlookers watched as crews tackled the fireball outside St Pancras rail station in London this morning - as travellers were told to avoid the scene.

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5 d. ago Manchester fire LIVE: Blaze breaks out by train station as smoke seen for miles

A massive fire has broken out in Manchester city centre in a building by Oxford Road station with smoke covering streets and train tracks and emergency services on the scene

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5 d. ago Manchester fire LIVE: Huge blaze erupts in city centre as smoke seen for miles

Fire crews are at the scene in Manchester

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5 d. ago Seven adopted dogs on their way to their forever homes are killed after vehicle transporting them bursts into flames

A van carrying 11 dogs rescued and rehabilitated by Cypress Lucky Mutt Rescue in Texas was en route to New York to meet their new families when the vehicle caught fire.

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6 d. ago Brazil hot air balloon tragedy pilot reveals how 13 survived inferno that killed 8

Witnesses looked on in horror as the hot air balloon burst into flames and fell to the ground in Santa Catarina, Brazil - eight people died but another 13 miraculously survived

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7 d. ago Car bursts into flames after crash on Greater Manchester road

A teenager has been arrested

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9 d. ago LIVE A55 closed and holidaymakers stranded as car bursts into flames in Conwy tunnel

Major delays are building this afternoon

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9 d. ago LIVE: Major incident declared as A55 closed and holidaymakers stranded as vehicle bursts into flames in Conwy tunnel

"Emergency services are on scene."

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9 d. ago Lillie Clack: Distraught friend tells of terror before 100mph car crash that killed ‘popular princess’

Drunk driver Charlie Hilton, 25, was being chased by police before his Mercedes hit a tree and burst into flames in south London

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9 d. ago Loganair plane forced to make emergency landing after engine burst into flames

An investigation into the fire has since been carried out.

Politics