27 h. ago Families evacuated from circus during live show after lorry bursts into flames

Big Kid Circus - currently set up at Warout Playing Fields in Glenrothes, Fife - was forced to ask all punters to leave during the show on Thursday July 3 after a vehicle burst into flames

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30 h. ago Circus evacuated as lorry bursts into flames during live show at Scots field

The organisers confirmed a 'thorough investigation' has been launched to establish the cause of the blaze.

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3 d. ago Photos at Canfield Mountain, Idaho, where firefighters came under deadly attack

Smoke continued to fill the air at Canfield Mountain after a shooter killed firefighters responding to a wildfire in Coeur D’Alene, Idaho. The town held a procession in honor of the two crew members who died.

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4 d. ago Lorry bursts into flames on busy motorway as thick black smoke fills the sky

A lorry fire is causing major delays this morning with the motorway blocked for six miles.

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7 d. 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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1 week 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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1 week ago Van erupts in flames outside Kings Cross St Pancras station as thick smoke fills street

Huge plumes of smoke have been seen billowing across a street in London after a van caught fire outside Kings Cross St Pancras Station in the capital city

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2 w. ago NTSB issues urgent warning about engines on some Boeing and Airbus planes

Recommendations stem from 2023 incident in which Southwest flight filled with ‘acrid white smoke’

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2 w. ago Middleton fire LIVE updates as smoke fills air after crews battle flames overnight

People are being urged to keep windows shut

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2 w. ago SpaceX Starship bursts into flames after explosion at test site in Texas

In shocking footage the SpaceX rocket's nose suddenly bursts open - causing the screen to momentarily flash white, seconds later clouds of dark smoke filled the night sky

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2 w. ago EasyJet passengers 'thought they were going to die' as plane filled with smoke

The easyJet flight from Cyprus to Bristol was forced to land in Turkey due to the smell of smoke on the aircraft, with one passenger revealing the 'mayhem' it caused on board

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2 w. ago ‘There’s a smell of death in the air’: chaos in Tehran as residents try to flee or find shelter

Ferocity of Israeli strikes has taken many by surprise, with people rushing to buy petrol and food amid the bombs Middle East crisis – live updatesIt was just past 4pm when Nahid’s* windows began to shake. An Israeli bomb hit a building nearby – she could not see where – and soon her house began to fill up with smoke. It was the third day of Israeli bombing of Iran and the situation in Tehran was just getting worse.“This is a massacre. The blasts haven’t stopped. Children are crying and we fear many civilians have been killed. There’s a smell of death in the air. I can’t stop crying,” Nahid*, a 25-year-old finance analyst at an e-commerce company in Tehran, told the Guardian via text. Continue reading...

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