23 h. ago Blaze tore through Scots home as neighbours screamed 'get out'

A video shared by an eyewitness shows flames shooting out of the flat's windows on the top floor as smoke can be seen billowing out of the block.

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50 h. ago Thick black clouds of smoke billow through sky as emergency services swarm in

Emergency crews have rushed to the site in Basildon, Essex, where a huge fire has broken out at an industrial unit. Thick, black plumes of smoke can be seen for miles around

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51 h. ago Basildon fire: Smoke billows over skyline as crews rush to massive 'grass blaze'

Four fire engines are at the scene of a serious fire in Basildon, Essex, this afternoon where people have been told to keep doors and windows shut for the time being

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66 h. ago Smoke billows from Hawaiian Airlines plane as it prepares to take off from LAX

Video caught the terrifying moment that smoke was seen billowing from a Hawaiian Airlines plane as it prepared to take flight from Los Angeles International Airport.

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3 d. ago Huge fire at Glasgow industrial estate as smoke billows into sky

Eight fire appliances raced to the scene shortly after 1pm on Sunday, joined by Police Scotland officers.

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4 d. ago Plane crashes into holiday park on Isle of Wight as flames and smoke billow

Police were called at 2.23pm on Saturday to a report that an aircraft had crashed in Whitecliff Bay Holiday Park.

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5 d. ago Royal Navy ship opens fire near UK city after keeping an eye on Russian vessels

A Royal Navy ship, HMS Somerset, was seen firing into the air with smoke billowing across the water as it arrived in a UK costal city on Friday morning after departing Hamburg on April 7

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5 d. ago Fire crews race to huge wildfire near Edinburgh as smoke billows into sky

Smoke was seen rising from Pentland Hills at around 7pm on Thursday as shocked locals watched on from their homes.

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6 d. ago Dramatic footage shows thick smoke billowing from electric car fire outside pub

People had to flee their homes as crews battled the blaze

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8 d. ago Thick smoke billows and two people 'flee home' following devastating fire

Three fire engines attended the incident

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8 d. ago Lesbian Afghan teen faces being tortured and stoned to death along with trans friend 'who confessed she is not a Muslim' after Taliban caught them trying to flee the country

Maryam Ravish, 19, and Maeve Alcina Pieescu, 23, were detained while trying to flee the regime, which carries out brutal executions against LGBT people.

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9 d. ago Dominican Republic to crack down harder on migrants as Haitians flee violence

Dominican President Luis Abinader has announced more than a dozen measures to crack down on migrants who have entered the Dominican Republic illegally as people in neighboring Haiti flee a surge in gang violence

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1 week ago Dagenham fire: Smoke billows over London skyline for miles from blaze at scrap metal site

The London Fire Brigade confirmed a fire has broken out on an industrial site on Beamway in Dagenham - they were called at 14:09 and no casualties or injuries have been reported

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1 week ago ‘Shame’ on world leaders for neglect of displaced civilians in DRC, says aid chief

US and Europe criticised by head of Norwegian Refugee Council for ‘neglect’ of people living ‘subhuman’ existence World leaders should be ashamed of their neglect of people whose lives were “hanging by a thread” at a time of surging violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the international charity leader Jan Egeland has said.In a stinging attack on aid cuts and the “nationalistic winds” blowing across Europe and the US, the Norwegian Refugee Council’s head told the Guardian how people were living out in the open, in overcrowded, unsanitary displacement encampments around the city of Goma, where 1.2 million people have had to flee from their homes as the M23 rebels advanced through the DRC’s North and South Kivu provinces. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Disneyland fire sparks panicked evacuation as smoke billows over theme park

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2 w. ago Shocking images shows raging inferno tear through industrial estate as smoke seen for miles

Firefighters are tackling a massive blaze which erupted at the site housing a recycling centre, as black smoke billowed from the inferno.

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2 w. ago Huge blaze erupts at Cumbernauld industrial estate as six casualties reported

Firefighters are tackling a massive blaze which erupted at the site housing a recycling centre, as black smoke billowed from the inferno.

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2 w. ago Essex ambulance 'explosion' shakes homes and leaves residents terrified

Residents in an Essex town have been left "scared and shaken" following amublance 'explosion' - the incident was caught on camera by nearby queuing motorists with smoke seen billowing across the sky for miles

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2 w. ago Explosions as fire rips through Lancashire industrial estate

Smoke billowed into the sky as explosions were reported from the blaze

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2 w. ago Myanmar earthquake: Bangkok rocked as 7.7 magnitude horror hits Thailand as people flee screaming

Pictures shared by Thai locals show water cascading over rooftops as tremors shake pools set on high-rise buildings after the "significant" earthquake hit Bangkok

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