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California Firefighters Have Controlled 60 Percent of Fire
May 6, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The fire that has consumed more than 11,000 hectares (27,500 acres) north of Los Angeles since late last week has been 60 percent brought under control, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection announced Sunday. continue reading »
Pesticide Plant Fire Forces 300 to Evacuate in Central Mexico
April 7, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
At least 300 people were evacuated early Sunday in Atitalaquia, a city in central Mexico, due to a fire at a pesiticide plant that unleashed a "toxic cloud," the Hidalgo state emergency management office said. continue reading »
Fire at La Merced Market Causes No Injuries in Mexico City
February 28, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A fire that raged on Wednesday through this capital's largest retail food market caused no casualties, Mexican authorities told Efe. continue reading »
The Joelma Building Fire Killed 189, Injured 293 in Sao Paulo in 1974
February 1, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Today in Latin American History
Today in Latin American history, a fire in the 25-story Joelma Building in Sao Paulo, Brazil killed 189 and injured 293 in 1974. At 8:50am on 1 February 1974, an air conditioning unit on the twelfth floor overheated, starting a fire. continue reading »
A Fire Destroyed Two-thirds of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico in 1841
January 30, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Today in Latin American History
Today in Latin American history, a fire destroyed two-thirds of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico in 1841. The fire burned 300 out of the 500 existing housing units in town. continue reading »
Fire Kills 10 Construction Workers Battling Freezing Temperatures in Moscow
January 27, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A fire that broke out in a building under construction Saturday took the lives of 10 workers on Moscow's south side, according to medical services in the Russian capital. continue reading »
Fire at Office Building in Bahrain Kills 13 Workers
January 13, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
At least 13 workers died when a building went up in flames in the Mujarqa neighborhood of the Bahrain capital, the official Bahrain news agency BNA said Saturday. continue reading »
Amazonian Village Destroyed by Fire in Peru
December 21, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A huge fire destroyed some 150 humble dwellings in a poor section of the Peruvian Amazon city of Iquitos, the police said. continue reading »
Fires In Ecuador Kill 5, Wipe of 43,500 Acres of Land
September 23, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The fires devastating Ecuador have now consumed more than 17,600 hectares (43,500 acres) of woodland, upland valleys and crops, and have left five people dead and 73 injured, according to the SNGR emergency management office. continue reading »
Fire Ravages Spain Killing 1, Injuring 5, Forcing Thousands From Homes
September 1, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The fire devastating the province of Malaga in southern Spain has left one person dead and five injured while forcing 5,000 people from their homes in municipalities on the edge of the blaze, Andalusian authorities said Friday. continue reading »
Government Denies Pressuring Media to Fire Popular Journalist
August 23, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Mexico's government denied pressuring media company MVS Comunicaciones to fire popular news anchor Carmen Aristegui in February 2011 and said the company took the decision on its own before rehiring her days later. continue reading »
Nightclub Owner Sentenced to 4.5 Years for Deadly Fire
July 15, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The owner of an Argentine discotheque where 193 people died more than seven years ago in a fire was sentenced here Friday to 4 1/2 years in prison. continue reading »
Police Officers Who Burned Dogs Alive Will Be Fired, Says Colombian Mayor
June 2, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The police officers who burned two dogs alive while clearing homeless people out of a camp in Colombia's capital will be fired, Bogota Mayor Gustavo Petro said. continue reading »
Fiery Bus Crash in Argentina Kills 8, Injures 20
May 31, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
At least eight people were killed and 20 others injured when a bus collided with a truck in Misiones, a province in northern Argentina, officials said Wednesday. continue reading »
Mexican Firefighters Save 300 From Burning Building
May 23, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Some 300 people were rescued Tuesday from a burning building in the Mexican capital's upscale Santa Fe neighborhood, officials said. continue reading »
FIRE: (Logan Square) Keystone Avenue Scene of Fire
October 10, 2010 | by HS News Staff | State News
Yesterday evening there was a late night fire at the 2200 block North of Keystone Avenue in the Logan Square neighborhood. The fire was being responded to by the Chicago Fire Department when an auto accident ensued continue reading »
