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On Republic Day 2026, a total of 982 personnel from police, fire services, home guard, civil defense, and correctional services will be honored with gallantry and service medals. The Union Home ...

On the occasion of the Republic Day 2026, gallantry and various service medals have been awarded to 982 police, fire, home guard, civil defence and correctional services ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A five-alarm fire that tore through a partially built Denver apartment complex Friday was still burning Monday as investigators worked to uncover the cause ...

A massive fire broke out in Denver, Colorado, engulfing an entire apartment block. The fire, which started on Friday evening at around 6.45 p.m. local time, injured one firefighter and footage and ...

DENVER (KDVR) — A five-alarm fire on Friday evening left one firefighter injured, while more than 100 firefighters worked to extinguish the flames, according to the Denver Fire Department. On Monday ...

Crews are on the scene of a structure fire in Bondurant. A large metal barn is burning in the 9000 block of NE 72nd Street, about 1 mile north of Bondurant-Farrar High School. According to a news ...

IN 2025, MOST OF THEM CHILDREN UNDER A YEAR OLD. AN ELECTRICAL FIRE WAS REPORTED AT THE BILTMORE ESTATE IN ASHEVILLE. FIRE OFFICIALS SAY IT WAS A MECHANICAL ROOM AT THE WINERY AND WAS CONTAINED BY A ...

CQUniversity Australia provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. Fire is an ancient technology that has helped shape human evolution. Our ancestors used fire for safety, cooking and ...

A fire broke out early Christmas Day at a two-story, single-family home in Westminster, causing an estimated $250,000 in damage and displacing four adults, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal ...

At approximately 2:20 a.m. on December 23, 2025, Aberdeen Fire Rescue was dispatched to a reported structure fire in the 100 block of Eigth Avenue SE in Aberdeen. Crews were advised of possible ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Montgomery authorities are investigating an early morning apartment fire that killed an 8-year-old boy and critically injured two other people. Multiple fire and rescue units ...