Industrial building in Mangawhai damaged by late-night blaze
12 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM
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A fire caused damage to Mangawhai Placemakers on Thursday night, but quick action by firefighters prevented it escalating. Photo / Tania Whyte
A fire caused damage to Mangawhai Placemakers on Thursday night, but quick action by firefighters prevented it escalating. Photo / Tania Whyte
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Specialist Fire Investigators Craig Bain from Whangārei and Jason Goffin from Kerikeri about to enter the scene of a fire at Mangawhai Placemakers. Photo / Tania Whyte.
A quick response from Northland volunteer firefighters prevented a blaze at a Mangawhai building materials and hardware store from escalating into a major inferno.
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Cyrus Nduhiu outside his house in Imara Daima, Nairobi yesterday. [David Njaaga, Standard]
Cyrus Nduhiu and his young family were enjoying lunch at their home in Imara Daima, Nairobi on Saturday afternoon when their meal was disrupted by screams coming from outside their gate.
As they could not have imagined the worst, they were not alarmed at first. It was not until the 42-year-old decided to check what was happening outside and found a crowd trying to put out a fire outside his gate that it hit him that the danger was closer home than he had imagined.
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Published: 19 Feb 2021 11:28 PM BdST
Updated: 19 Feb 2021 11:28 PM BdST A view of a scene of a fire that broke out at a chemical warehouse in Dhaka, Bangladesh February 20, 2019. Reuters Firefighters work at the scene of a fire that broke out at a chemical warehouse in Dhaka, Bangladesh February 21, 2019. Reuters
It has now been two years since a devastating blaze ravaged the bustling Churihatta intersection in Old Dhaka s Chawbazar but the horrors of that fateful night still keep some awake at night. );
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The inferno on Feb 20, 2019, claimed 71 lives and left lasting scars both physical and psychological on those who survived the tragedy.