August 5, 2012
Osijek, Croatia Artists burn a 10 metre high straw art installation of a phoenix during the 7th Straw Land Art Festival (via Telegraph)

Osijek, Croatia

Artists burn a 10 metre high straw art installation of a phoenix during the 7th Straw Land Art Festival (via Telegraph)

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Filed under: Osijek Croatia Art Art Installation Land Art Sculpture Straw Fire Photography 
April 13, 2012
Tbilisi, Georgia A boy jumps through a fire during the Chiakokonoba folk festival. According to legend, fire leaping purifies the spirit of participants (via guardian.co.uk)

Tbilisi, Georgia

A boy jumps through a fire during the Chiakokonoba folk festival. According to legend, fire leaping purifies the spirit of participants (via guardian.co.uk)

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Filed under: Georgia Tbilisi Tradition Custom Festivals Chiakokonoba Folk Festivals Fire Photography 
March 13, 2012
Imam killed in arson attack on Belgian mosque A mosque near Brussels was attacked with Molotov cocktails and its imam died trying to extinguish the flames, Belgian newspapers reported on Monday night. A police spokeswoman confirmed to the Associated Press that the imam had died in the arson attack but did not provide any further details. She said one person had been arrested and no other people were being sought in connection with the attack. An Associated Press photographer at the scene saw fire damage and people gathered outside the mosque, some of whom were praying. The newspaper Le Soir reported that a man entered the Shiite mosque in Anderlecht, shortly before 7pm local time armed with an axe, Molotov cocktails and a can of gasoline. The newspaper reported that the man broke windows, then threw the incendiary devices inside. (via The Guardian)

Imam killed in arson attack on Belgian mosque

A mosque near Brussels was attacked with Molotov cocktails and its imam died trying to extinguish the flames, Belgian newspapers reported on Monday night.

A police spokeswoman confirmed to the Associated Press that the imam had died in the arson attack but did not provide any further details. She said one person had been arrested and no other people were being sought in connection with the attack.

An Associated Press photographer at the scene saw fire damage and people gathered outside the mosque, some of whom were praying.

The newspaper Le Soir reported that a man entered the Shiite mosque in Anderlecht, shortly before 7pm local time armed with an axe, Molotov cocktails and a can of gasoline. The newspaper reported that the man broke windows, then threw the incendiary devices inside. (via The Guardian)

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Filed under: Belgium Anderlecht Arson Molotov Cocktail Fire Mosque Attack Mosque Attack Mosque Bombing Relgion Islam Muslim Muslims 
March 12, 2012

Slovakian medieval castle burns down - video

Krasna Horka, a 14th century castle in eastern Slovakia went up in flames on Saturday. The accident is thought to have been caused by dry, cut grass that caught fire. The blaze, near Rožňava town in Kosice region, destroyed the building’s roof, as well as its interior (via The Guardian)

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Filed under: Slovakia Kosice Rožňava Krasna Horka Castle Fire Accidents Castles Video 
March 9, 2012
Paris, France Smoke fills the sky near the Column Vendome, with a Napoleon statue on top, as a fire broke out in an underground car park at the Place Vendome (via Reuters.com)

Paris, France

Smoke fills the sky near the Column Vendome, with a Napoleon statue on top, as a fire broke out in an underground car park at the Place Vendome (via Reuters.com)

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Filed under: France Paris Place Vendome Column Vendome Fire Photography Smoke 
March 8, 2012
St Petersburg, Russia Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at a Finnish-owned K-Rauta building supply store (via Telegraph)

St Petersburg, Russia

Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at a Finnish-owned K-Rauta building supply store (via Telegraph)

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Filed under: Russia St Petersburg K-Rauta Fire Firefighters Photography 
January 26, 2012
Lisbon, Portugal The caravan of Mateus Silva, 25 and unemployed, burns in the Nossa Senhora de Fatima neighborhood. Silva and his wife Leonor on Wednesday set the caravan on fire in protest of the eviction conducted by the Lisbon city police. The couple, along with their two daughters, have been living in the caravan for 21 months as they have no money to rent an apartment. (via Reuters.com)

Lisbon, Portugal

The caravan of Mateus Silva, 25 and unemployed, burns in the Nossa Senhora de Fatima neighborhood. Silva and his wife Leonor on Wednesday set the caravan on fire in protest of the eviction conducted by the Lisbon city police. The couple, along with their two daughters, have been living in the caravan for 21 months as they have no money to rent an apartment. (via Reuters.com)

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Filed under: Portugal Lisbon Nossa Senhora de Fatima Arson Fire Caravan Protest Eviction Photography 
January 24, 2012
London, UK Firefighters put out a fire on a double-decker London bus on Archway Road. The bus was on the way to the bus depot and no passengers were on the bus at the time. (via ZUMA)

London, UK

Firefighters put out a fire on a double-decker London bus on Archway Road. The bus was on the way to the bus depot and no passengers were on the bus at the time. (via ZUMA)

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Filed under: UK United Kingdom London Archway Road Fire Firefighters Bus Photography 
January 3, 2012
Lille, France A firefighter extinguishes a burning car early this morning during the New Year’s eve celebration (via Reuters.com)

Lille, France

A firefighter extinguishes a burning car early this morning during the New Year’s eve celebration (via Reuters.com)

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Filed under: France Lille Arson Fire Vehicles Cars Firefighter Fireman Photography New Year's Eve 
January 2, 2012

Fire put out on Russian nuclear submarine

A massive fire was put out on a docked Russian nuclear submarine outside the north-western city of Murmansk as some crew members remained inside, officials said.

Military prosecutors have launched an investigation into whether safety regulations were breached, and the Russian president, Dmitry Medvedev, summoned top cabinet officials to report on the situation and demanded punishment for those responsible.

The fire broke out on Thursday at an Arctic shipyard where the submarine Yekaterinburg was in dry dock. Firefighters continued to spray the vessel with water to cool it down.

Russian state television earlier showed the rubber-coated hull of the submarine still smoldering, with firefighters standing on top to douse it with water.

Seven members of the submarine crew were taken to hospital after inhaling carbon monoxide fumes.

An unspecified number of crew remained inside the submarine during the fire, a defence ministry spokesman said in a statement. He insisted there never was any danger of the fire spreading inside the sub and said the crew reported that the conditions on board remained normal.

The statement left it unclear whether the crew were trapped there or ordered to stay inside. (via guardian.co.uk)

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Filed under: Russia Murmansk Nuclear Submarine Submarine Fire Nuclear Submarine Fire Fire Video 
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