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Food factory fire in central Greece leaves five unaccounted for

The official said 13 people were at the factory when the fire broke out and that eight of them had managed to get out of the facility.

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A firetruck drives past flames along a road during a wildfire near the city of Patras, western Greece on August 13, 2025.
Israel begins dismantling UNRWA facility, January 20, 2026.

WATCH: Fire breaks out at destroyed UNRWA compound in Jerusalem

A fire broke out in the demolished UNRWA headquarters in Jerusalem, the Israeli Fire and Rescue Authority announced early Sunday morning.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A FIRE in the top floors of a Bronx apartment building in New York City, January 24, 2026.

New York apartment building gas leak fire kills one, injures several

Fire department units were on the scene before the fire began, investigating reports of gas being smelled on the 15th and 16th floors of the building. While on scene, a gas explosion occurred.

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A RESCUE worker whistles to call his team member (not pictured) as he walks past the collapsed floors, following a massive fire that broke out at the Gul Plaza Shopping Mall, in Karachi, Pakistan, January 21, 2026.

Pakistan fire death toll rises to around 50 after shopping mall blaze

The port city's largest fire in more than a decade broke out late on Saturday and quickly spread through the sprawling Gul Plaza shopping complex.

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One seriously injured in 4th explosion near former Israel Military Industries site

Ramat Hasharon Mayor Avi Gruber said the explosion was caused by a work accident at an Elbit factory east of Highway 4.

AUGUST 15, 2023ByTZVI JOFFRE, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
The damage caused by an explosion from an unknown source, in the field of an abandoned factory in Herzliya, June 23, 2023.

Firefighters fall into 8 m. pit during rescue mission, two killed

A firefighter was killed and another was critically injured during unsuccessful attempts to save the life of a man who fell into the pit on Sunday.

AUGUST 13, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Police and rescue personnel at the scene where three people were injured when they fell into an 8-m deep pit in the ground in Deir el-Asad, Northern Israel on August 13, 2023

Israelis escape Hawaii inferno: 'Everything turned to ashes and dust'

"The tourist paradise turned into a hell on earth," recounted Eden Brook-Adams.

AUGUST 13, 2023ByWALLA!
Smoke and flames rise in Lahaina, Maui County, Hawaii, U.S., August 8, 2023 in this still image from video obtained from social media.

Blaze engulfs historic ministry building in central Cairo

The fire appeared mainly confined to the top floor of the Ministry of Religious Endowments, although flames were seen shooting out of a second floor window as well.

AUGUST 5, 2023ByREUTERS
Smoke rises as Egyptian firefighters extinguish a fire that broke out in the historic neo-Islamic ministry in central Cairo, Egypt, August 5, 2023.

Large fire breaks out in Israel's north, traffic blocked

Fires have broken out across seven different locations in Israel's north.

AUGUST 4, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Fire at the former Israel Military Industries factory near Herzliya. July 28, 2023

Wildfires in Greece burn for days, more tourists expected to fly out

Some 20,000 people had to leave homes and hotels in Rhodes over the weekend.

JULY 25, 2023ByREUTERS
A Turkish firefighting plane flies over a wildfire burning on the island of Rhodes, Greece, July 24, 2023.

Tourists flee Greek island Rhodes wildfire, thousands evacuated

One government official told Reuters 19,000 people had been moved from their homes and hotels.

JULY 23, 2023ByREUTERS
Wildfires burn forests on Greek island of Rhodes

WATCH: Operation Firebirds, Israeli firefighting forces arrive in Greece

"It is a pride and a privilege to help and contribute, from the knowledge and experience we have gained, to the Greek state," said Corporal Haim Bar-Gil of the Israel Police Air Unit.

JULY 21, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Back of "Elad" fire and rescue planes.

AI is already changing the way Israel’s EMS and fire services respond to emergencies

AI is being used today in Israel to save lives by two of the country’s emergency services: the Israel Fire and Rescue Authority and Magen David Adom, which oversees emergency medical response.

JULY 6, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
With its groundbreaking use of artificial intelligence, Magen David Adom’s dispatch system may be the most sophisticated computer-aided dispatch system in the world.

Fire breaks out near central Israeli moshav, houses evacuated

6 teams of fire fighters are working to prevent the spread of the fire toward the houses.

JULY 1, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Wildfire near the Segula industrial zone in Petah Tikva, May 22, 2023