34 h. ago Scottish island engulfed in flames in spectacular Viking festival

Up Helly Aa transforms Lerwick in the Shetland Islands every January as over 1,000 torch-bearing Vikings march through the streets before burning a specially-built longship

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35 h. ago Why one Scottish island is engulfed in flames in a spectacular Viking celebration every January

Up Helly Aa is held on the final Tuesday of January every year, and will see an army of more than 1,000 Viking warriors, known as the Jarl Squad, take to the streets.

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4 d. ago Gas explosion and fire in New York City apartment building kills 1, injures 14

Fire department was responding to report of gas odor in Bronx building when explosion occurred during frigid nightA gas explosion sent fire racing through the top floors of a high-rise apartment building in New York City early on Saturday, killing one person and injuring 14 others as temperatures plunged into the single digits overnight, authorities said.Firefighters responded shortly before 12.30am to the 17-story New York City housing authority (Nycha) building in the Bronx, where people were seen leaning out of windows calling for help as flames engulfed parts of the top floors, officials said. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Heathrow Airport fire as car bursts into flames in chaos outside Terminal 5

Travellers heading to Heathrow Airport this morning were met with chaos in departures of terminal 5 after a huge blaze broke outside after car was engulfed in flames

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1 week ago Jodie Marsh shares update after devastating fire tore through farm killing animals

Jodie Marsh posted a before and after of her bathroom which was engulfed in flames as professional cleaners get to work following the devastating farm fire

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1 week ago Waitress who escaped Swiss bar fire reveals staff had no safety training & says she’s ‘haunted by the faces of the dead’

A SURVIVING employee of the Swiss ski resort bar where a deadly fire killed 40 says she is "haunted by the faces of the dead". French national Louise Leguistin, 25, was one of the only staff members of Le Constellation to escape unharmed after the horrific blaze tore through the downstairs nightspot in the early...

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1 week ago Cops treating taxi fire as 'wilful' after black cab engulfed by flames in Glasgow

Emergency services were called to Stronend Street in Possilpark, Glasgow, after the alarm was raised at around 2.35pm on Thursday.

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2 w. ago Fireball erupts as London recycling centre is engulfed in flames

A huge fireball erupted above a recycling centre in London on Sunday (11 January) night.

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2 w. ago Swiss bar fire owner's dad admits son 'bears responsibility' for 40 dead after arrest

Jean Moretti confirmed his son Jacques' house is now under police protection after rising public anger over the Swiss ski bar fire tragedy, which also left 116 people injured

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2 w. ago Owner of Swiss ski resort bar where 40 died in New Year's Eve party fire is arrested

Jacques Moretti, co-owner of Le Constellation in the ski resort of Crans-Montana, was detained in Sion as Switzerland held a national day of mourning

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2 w. ago Manager of Swiss bar 'seen fleeing burning building with till stuffed cash' as fire spread

40 people aged between 14 and 39 died in the fire disaster at a bar in a Swiss ski resort town with more than 100 being left with injuries in the horror inferno

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2 w. ago Swiss ski bar owners ‘destroyed evidence as NYE fire raged’ killing 40 – ‘why were they thinking about this’?

THE couple who ran the Swiss resort bar where 40 people were killed have been accused of destroying evidence by blocking social media accounts in the aftermath of the devastating blaze. Jacques, 49, and Jessica Moretti, 40, are suspected of manslaughter by negligence after allegations of insufficient safety standards emerged following the fatal New Year's...

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3 w. ago No safety inspections at site of Swiss bar fire for past five years, mayor says

Nicolas Féraud says he does not know why bar in Crans-Montana had not been inspected annually, as required by lawAuthorities in Crans-Montana have said the bar that caught fire in the Swiss ski resort on New Year’s Eve, killing 40 mainly young partygoers and injuring more than 100, had not been inspected by safety officers for the past five years.“Periodic inspections were not conducted between 2020 and 2025. We bitterly regret this,” the mayor of the town, Nicolas Féraud, told a press conference in the town on Tuesday, five days after the disaster at Le Constellation bar. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago All 116 people injured in Swiss resort fire identified, say police

Bodies of first foreign victims repatriated after 40 people died in blaze in Crans-Montana on New Year’s EveAll 116 people injured in the fire that tore through a bar in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana on New Year’s Eve, killing 40 mostly young partygoers, have been identified, police have said, as the bodies of the first foreign victims were repatriated.Police in Valais canton said in a statement on Monday they had revised the number of wounded down from 119 because three people admitted to accident and emergency wards on Thursday morning had been wrongly recorded as injured in the blaze. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Mum living in fear after car torched outside home while she and son slept

Courtney McBride, 27, was woken at 2am by her neighbour who smashed down her door to save her and her six-year-old son as flames engulfed her car and spread to her home

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3 w. ago Silent procession of 2,000 mourners fills streets in poignant tribute after 40 killed in horror blaze at Swiss ski bar

MORE THAN 2,000 mourners walked in silence through the Swiss ski resort where 40 partygoers were killed in a New Year bar inferno. The poignant procession in the alpine town of Crans-Montana followed an emotional church service in memory of the dead. They filled the Chapel St Christophe and poured onto the streets outside to...

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3 w. ago Six dogs killed in Aberdeenshire house fire which closed A90 as crews fought flames

The house in Laurencekirk, Aberdeenshire, was engulfed in flames and a post on social media reportedly by the homeowner said it was 'completely gone' as six pets perished

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3 w. ago Owner of the Swiss ski bar where 40 people died spent time in prison for 'fraud, kidnapping and false imprisonment' and was 'a known pimp'

The owner of the Swiss ski bar at the centre of a New Year's Day inferno that claimed 40 lives and left 119 injured spent time in prison for 'fraud, kidnapping and false imprisonment' and was a known pimp, it emerged today.

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3 w. ago Switzerland fire latest: 16 more victims identified by police – including 14

Swiss Police have confirmed that around 40 people have died after a fire ripped through a bar in a popular Swiss ski resort

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3 w. ago French manager of Swiss ski bar is seen for the first time since being put under investigation for manslaughter after deadly NYE fire killed 40 people

Swiss authorities have launched a criminal investigation into the managers of a ski resort bar where at least 40 people were killed in a devastating fire.

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