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7 Bodies Recovered From Fire-Hit Chemical Unit In Surat
A day after a major fire engulfed a chemical manufacturing facility in Gujarat's Surat city, bodies of seven missing workers were recovered from the premises in the early hours of Thursday, officials said.
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A Day After Twin Tamil Nadu Firecracker Unit Blasts, Expert Lists Reasons
Fire safety experts have said that untrained workers are largely responsible for the spate of disasters. Using banned chemicals is another prominent reason for the blasts.
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Woman Dead, 4 Injured After Fire At Chemical Unit In Maharashtra
The woman had given the ground floor space of her residence to the chemical plant to run its operations, while she herself lived on the mezzanine floor there, a fire brigade official said.
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Fire, Explosion Rip Through Chemical Factory In Omaha, Residents Urged To Evacuate
The citizens of Omaha, in the United States' Nebraska were urged to evacuate their homes by authorities as a massive fire broke out in a chemical factory.
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5 Killed, 16 Injured In Blast At Chemical Factory In Gujarat
Five labourers were killed and 16 workers injured, some critically, after a huge explosion and a massive fire at a chemical unit in Gujarat's Panchmahal district on Thursday, officials said.
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18 Dead In Fire At Pune Sanitiser Firm, Rescuers Search For Missing Staff
Fourteen employees of a chemical factory in Maharashtra's Pune are confirmed dead and several are missing as a massive fire broke out in the sanitizer-manufacturing unit of the firm on Monday.
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15 Dead, Many Injured In Explosion At Firecracker Factory In Tamil Nadu
At least eleven people have died and 36 injured after an explosion at a private firecracker factory in Tamil Nadu's Virudhunagar, around 500 kilometres from Chennai.
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Fire Breaks Out At Essar Operated Chemical Plant In United Kingdom
Fire engines were sent to Essar Oil UK's 200,000 barrel per day oil refinery in northwest England on Wednesday after smoke was spotted, although the scale of the fire was unclear, a local fire service spokeswoman said.
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Fire At Chemical Unit In Hyderabad's Jeedimetla Area, 8 Injured
A massive fire broke out at a pharmaceutical unit in the Jeedimetla industrial area of Hyderabad this morning. Ten people were rescued from Vijayasree Chemicals and eight of them have sustained injuries. They have been taken to the Gandhi Hospital.
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Syria Kurds Say Islamic State Used Chemical Weapons Against Them
Islamic State group fighters fired missiles containing toxic gas at Kurdish forces in Syria last month, the forces and a monitoring group said.
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Syria: UN inspectors come under fire, Washington warns Assad
The United States put Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on notice on Monday that it believes he was responsible for using chemical weapons against civilians last week in what Secretary of State John Kerry called a "moral obscenity."
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United Nations says it has 'valuable' chemical evidence despite attack
UN experts in Syria gathered "valuable" evidence on Monday on a suspected chemical weapons attack near Damascus despite coming under sniper fire, UN officials said.
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Snipers fire at United Nations inspectors in Syria
Snipers opened fire today at a UN vehicle belonging to a team investigating the alleged use of chemical weapons in Damascus, a spokesman said. The Syrian government accused the rebels of firing at the team.
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Syria government warns any US intervention would "inflame Mideast"
Syrian authorities warned the United States against any military action over a suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria's civil war, saying this would "create a ball of fire that will inflame the Middle East".
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Fire at Mumbai godown, no injuries reported
A fire broke out in the godown of a chemical unit in Palghar on the outskirts of Mumbai early today. There were no reports of deaths or injuries.
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7 Bodies Recovered From Fire-Hit Chemical Unit In Surat
A day after a major fire engulfed a chemical manufacturing facility in Gujarat's Surat city, bodies of seven missing workers were recovered from the premises in the early hours of Thursday, officials said.
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A Day After Twin Tamil Nadu Firecracker Unit Blasts, Expert Lists Reasons
Fire safety experts have said that untrained workers are largely responsible for the spate of disasters. Using banned chemicals is another prominent reason for the blasts.
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Woman Dead, 4 Injured After Fire At Chemical Unit In Maharashtra
The woman had given the ground floor space of her residence to the chemical plant to run its operations, while she herself lived on the mezzanine floor there, a fire brigade official said.
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Fire, Explosion Rip Through Chemical Factory In Omaha, Residents Urged To Evacuate
The citizens of Omaha, in the United States' Nebraska were urged to evacuate their homes by authorities as a massive fire broke out in a chemical factory.
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5 Killed, 16 Injured In Blast At Chemical Factory In Gujarat
Five labourers were killed and 16 workers injured, some critically, after a huge explosion and a massive fire at a chemical unit in Gujarat's Panchmahal district on Thursday, officials said.
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18 Dead In Fire At Pune Sanitiser Firm, Rescuers Search For Missing Staff
Fourteen employees of a chemical factory in Maharashtra's Pune are confirmed dead and several are missing as a massive fire broke out in the sanitizer-manufacturing unit of the firm on Monday.
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15 Dead, Many Injured In Explosion At Firecracker Factory In Tamil Nadu
At least eleven people have died and 36 injured after an explosion at a private firecracker factory in Tamil Nadu's Virudhunagar, around 500 kilometres from Chennai.
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Fire Breaks Out At Essar Operated Chemical Plant In United Kingdom
Fire engines were sent to Essar Oil UK's 200,000 barrel per day oil refinery in northwest England on Wednesday after smoke was spotted, although the scale of the fire was unclear, a local fire service spokeswoman said.
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Fire At Chemical Unit In Hyderabad's Jeedimetla Area, 8 Injured
A massive fire broke out at a pharmaceutical unit in the Jeedimetla industrial area of Hyderabad this morning. Ten people were rescued from Vijayasree Chemicals and eight of them have sustained injuries. They have been taken to the Gandhi Hospital.
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Syria Kurds Say Islamic State Used Chemical Weapons Against Them
Islamic State group fighters fired missiles containing toxic gas at Kurdish forces in Syria last month, the forces and a monitoring group said.
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Syria: UN inspectors come under fire, Washington warns Assad
The United States put Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on notice on Monday that it believes he was responsible for using chemical weapons against civilians last week in what Secretary of State John Kerry called a "moral obscenity."
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United Nations says it has 'valuable' chemical evidence despite attack
UN experts in Syria gathered "valuable" evidence on Monday on a suspected chemical weapons attack near Damascus despite coming under sniper fire, UN officials said.
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Snipers fire at United Nations inspectors in Syria
Snipers opened fire today at a UN vehicle belonging to a team investigating the alleged use of chemical weapons in Damascus, a spokesman said. The Syrian government accused the rebels of firing at the team.
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Syria government warns any US intervention would "inflame Mideast"
Syrian authorities warned the United States against any military action over a suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria's civil war, saying this would "create a ball of fire that will inflame the Middle East".
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Fire at Mumbai godown, no injuries reported
A fire broke out in the godown of a chemical unit in Palghar on the outskirts of Mumbai early today. There were no reports of deaths or injuries.
