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Damage After Explosion and Fire in Utrecht City Center - Netherlands

Damage After Explosion and Fire in Utrecht City Center - Netherlands

The damage in the center of Utrecht, following an explosion in Visscherssteeg, which was followed by a large fire. No victims were found under the remains of a collapsed building in the center of Utrecht. There are also no missing persons. Netherlands on January 19, 2026. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Damage After Explosion and Fire in Utrecht City Center - Netherlands

Damage After Explosion and Fire in Utrecht City Center - Netherlands

The damage in the center of Utrecht, following an explosion in Visscherssteeg, which was followed by a large fire. No victims were found under the remains of a collapsed building in the center of Utrecht. There are also no missing persons. Netherlands on January 19, 2026. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Damage After Explosion and Fire in Utrecht City Center - Netherlands

Damage After Explosion and Fire in Utrecht City Center - Netherlands

The damage in the center of Utrecht, following an explosion in Visscherssteeg, which was followed by a large fire. No victims were found under the remains of a collapsed building in the center of Utrecht. There are also no missing persons. Netherlands on January 19, 2026. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Damage After Explosion and Fire in Utrecht City Center - Netherlands

Damage After Explosion and Fire in Utrecht City Center - Netherlands

The damage in the center of Utrecht, following an explosion in Visscherssteeg, which was followed by a large fire. No victims were found under the remains of a collapsed building in the center of Utrecht. There are also no missing persons. Netherlands on January 19, 2026. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Damage After Explosion and Fire in Utrecht City Center - Netherlands

Damage After Explosion and Fire in Utrecht City Center - Netherlands

The damage in the center of Utrecht, following an explosion in Visscherssteeg, which was followed by a large fire. No victims were found under the remains of a collapsed building in the center of Utrecht. There are also no missing persons. Netherlands on January 19, 2026. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Damage After Explosion and Fire in Utrecht City Center - Netherlands

Damage After Explosion and Fire in Utrecht City Center - Netherlands

The damage in the center of Utrecht, following an explosion in Visscherssteeg, which was followed by a large fire. No victims were found under the remains of a collapsed building in the center of Utrecht. There are also no missing persons. Netherlands on January 19, 2026. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Damage After Explosion and Fire in Utrecht City Center - Netherlands

Damage After Explosion and Fire in Utrecht City Center - Netherlands

The damage in the center of Utrecht, following an explosion in Visscherssteeg, which was followed by a large fire. No victims were found under the remains of a collapsed building in the center of Utrecht. There are also no missing persons. Netherlands on January 19, 2026. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Damage After Explosion and Fire in Utrecht City Center - Netherlands

Damage After Explosion and Fire in Utrecht City Center - Netherlands

The damage in the center of Utrecht, following an explosion in Visscherssteeg, which was followed by a large fire. No victims were found under the remains of a collapsed building in the center of Utrecht. There are also no missing persons. Netherlands on January 19, 2026. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Damage After Explosion and Fire in Utrecht City Center - Netherlands

Damage After Explosion and Fire in Utrecht City Center - Netherlands

The damage in the center of Utrecht, following an explosion in Visscherssteeg, which was followed by a large fire. No victims were found under the remains of a collapsed building in the center of Utrecht. There are also no missing persons. Netherlands on January 19, 2026. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Damage After Explosion and Fire in Utrecht City Center - Netherlands

Damage After Explosion and Fire in Utrecht City Center - Netherlands

The damage in the center of Utrecht, following an explosion in Visscherssteeg, which was followed by a large fire. No victims were found under the remains of a collapsed building in the center of Utrecht. There are also no missing persons. Netherlands on January 19, 2026. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan: Uncontained Forest Fire Expands Across Mount Ougiyama in Yamanashi

The forest fire on Mount Ougiyama in Yamanashi Prefecture scorched approximately 383 hectares since it first ignited on January 8. While authorities lifted evacuation orders for local residents on Sunday, January 18, the blaze remains uncontained with no reported injuries.

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Japan: Uncontained Forest Fire Expands Across Mount Ougiyama in Yamanashi 2

The forest fire on Mount Ougiyama in Yamanashi Prefecture scorched approximately 383 hectares since it first ignited on January 8. While authorities lifted evacuation orders for local residents on Sunday, January 18, the blaze remains uncontained with no reported injuries.

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Fire Destroys Shopping Mall - Pakistan

Fire Destroys Shopping Mall - Pakistan

A firefighter tries to extinguish a fire breaking out at a shopping mall in Karachi, Pakistan, on Jan. 18, 2026. At least six people were killed and over 20 others injured after a fire broke out at a shopping mall in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi late Saturday night, officials said on Sunday. Spokesperson of the southern Sindh province, Sadia Javed, told Xinhua that the blaze erupted at Gul Plaza, a multi-storey shopping mall located on the MA Jinnah Road, which houses over 1,200 shops. Photo by Str/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Apartment Collapse Injures 19 People - Paris

Apartment Collapse Injures 19 People - Paris

An apartment collapsed from the 5th floor to the 4th floor in the 11th arrondissement of Paris during a party attended by 50 people in the same Parisian apartment. More than 100 firefighters were mobilised, as well as a canine team. The toll was 19 people injured and taken to hospital, and one seriously injured on January 18, 2026 in Paris, France. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Apartment Collapse Injures 19 People - Paris

Apartment Collapse Injures 19 People - Paris

An apartment collapsed from the 5th floor to the 4th floor in the 11th arrondissement of Paris during a party attended by 50 people in the same Parisian apartment. More than 100 firefighters were mobilised, as well as a canine team. The toll was 19 people injured and taken to hospital, and one seriously injured on January 18, 2026 in Paris, France. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Apartment Collapse Injures 19 People - Paris

Apartment Collapse Injures 19 People - Paris

An apartment collapsed from the 5th floor to the 4th floor in the 11th arrondissement of Paris during a party attended by 50 people in the same Parisian apartment. More than 100 firefighters were mobilised, as well as a canine team. The toll was 19 people injured and taken to hospital, and one seriously injured on January 18, 2026 in Paris, France. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Apartment Collapse Injures 19 People - Paris

Apartment Collapse Injures 19 People - Paris

An apartment collapsed from the 5th floor to the 4th floor in the 11th arrondissement of Paris during a party attended by 50 people in the same Parisian apartment. More than 100 firefighters were mobilised, as well as a canine team. The toll was 19 people injured and taken to hospital, and one seriously injured on January 18, 2026 in Paris, France. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Apartment Collapse Injures 19 People - Paris

Apartment Collapse Injures 19 People - Paris

An apartment collapsed from the 5th floor to the 4th floor in the 11th arrondissement of Paris during a party attended by 50 people in the same Parisian apartment. More than 100 firefighters were mobilised, as well as a canine team. The toll was 19 people injured and taken to hospital, and one seriously injured on January 18, 2026 in Paris, France. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Apartment Collapse Injures 19 People - Paris

Apartment Collapse Injures 19 People - Paris

An apartment collapsed from the 5th floor to the 4th floor in the 11th arrondissement of Paris during a party attended by 50 people in the same Parisian apartment. More than 100 firefighters were mobilised, as well as a canine team. The toll was 19 people injured and taken to hospital, and one seriously injured on January 18, 2026 in Paris, France. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Apartment Collapse Injures 19 People - Paris

Apartment Collapse Injures 19 People - Paris

An apartment collapsed from the 5th floor to the 4th floor in the 11th arrondissement of Paris during a party attended by 50 people in the same Parisian apartment. More than 100 firefighters were mobilised, as well as a canine team. The toll was 19 people injured and taken to hospital, and one seriously injured on January 18, 2026 in Paris, France. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Apartment Collapse Injures 19 People - Paris

Apartment Collapse Injures 19 People - Paris

An apartment collapsed from the 5th floor to the 4th floor in the 11th arrondissement of Paris during a party attended by 50 people in the same Parisian apartment. More than 100 firefighters were mobilised, as well as a canine team. The toll was 19 people injured and taken to hospital, and one seriously injured on January 18, 2026 in Paris, France. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Apartment Collapse Injures 19 People - Paris

Apartment Collapse Injures 19 People - Paris

An apartment collapsed from the 5th floor to the 4th floor in the 11th arrondissement of Paris during a party attended by 50 people in the same Parisian apartment. More than 100 firefighters were mobilised, as well as a canine team. The toll was 19 people injured and taken to hospital, and one seriously injured on January 18, 2026 in Paris, France. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Apartment Collapse Injures 19 People - Paris

Apartment Collapse Injures 19 People - Paris

An apartment collapsed from the 5th floor to the 4th floor in the 11th arrondissement of Paris during a party attended by 50 people in the same Parisian apartment. More than 100 firefighters were mobilised, as well as a canine team. The toll was 19 people injured and taken to hospital, and one seriously injured on January 18, 2026 in Paris, France. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Apartment Collapse Injures 19 People - Paris

Apartment Collapse Injures 19 People - Paris

An apartment collapsed from the 5th floor to the 4th floor in the 11th arrondissement of Paris during a party attended by 50 people in the same Parisian apartment. More than 100 firefighters were mobilised, as well as a canine team. The toll was 19 people injured and taken to hospital, and one seriously injured on January 18, 2026 in Paris, France. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Apartment Collapse Injures 19 People - Paris

Apartment Collapse Injures 19 People - Paris

An apartment collapsed from the 5th floor to the 4th floor in the 11th arrondissement of Paris during a party attended by 50 people in the same Parisian apartment. More than 100 firefighters were mobilised, as well as a canine team. The toll was 19 people injured and taken to hospital, and one seriously injured on January 18, 2026 in Paris, France. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Apartment Collapse Injures 19 People - Paris

Apartment Collapse Injures 19 People - Paris

An apartment collapsed from the 5th floor to the 4th floor in the 11th arrondissement of Paris during a party attended by 50 people in the same Parisian apartment. More than 100 firefighters were mobilised, as well as a canine team. The toll was 19 people injured and taken to hospital, and one seriously injured on January 18, 2026 in Paris, France. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Apartment Collapse Injures 19 People - Paris

Apartment Collapse Injures 19 People - Paris

An apartment collapsed from the 5th floor to the 4th floor in the 11th arrondissement of Paris during a party attended by 50 people in the same Parisian apartment. More than 100 firefighters were mobilised, as well as a canine team. The toll was 19 people injured and taken to hospital, and one seriously injured on January 18, 2026 in Paris, France. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Apartment Collapse Injures 19 People - Paris

Apartment Collapse Injures 19 People - Paris

An apartment collapsed from the 5th floor to the 4th floor in the 11th arrondissement of Paris during a party attended by 50 people in the same Parisian apartment. More than 100 firefighters were mobilised, as well as a canine team. The toll was 19 people injured and taken to hospital, and one seriously injured on January 18, 2026 in Paris, France. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Apartment Collapse Injures 19 People - Paris

Apartment Collapse Injures 19 People - Paris

An apartment collapsed from the 5th floor to the 4th floor in the 11th arrondissement of Paris during a party attended by 50 people in the same Parisian apartment. More than 100 firefighters were mobilised, as well as a canine team. The toll was 19 people injured and taken to hospital, and one seriously injured on January 18, 2026 in Paris, France. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Apartment Collapse Injures 19 People - Paris

Apartment Collapse Injures 19 People - Paris

An apartment collapsed from the 5th floor to the 4th floor in the 11th arrondissement of Paris during a party attended by 50 people in the same Parisian apartment. More than 100 firefighters were mobilised, as well as a canine team. The toll was 19 people injured and taken to hospital, and one seriously injured on January 18, 2026 in Paris, France. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Apartment Collapse Injures 19 People - Paris

Apartment Collapse Injures 19 People - Paris

An apartment collapsed from the 5th floor to the 4th floor in the 11th arrondissement of Paris during a party attended by 50 people in the same Parisian apartment. More than 100 firefighters were mobilised, as well as a canine team. The toll was 19 people injured and taken to hospital, and one seriously injured on January 18, 2026 in Paris, France. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Apartment Collapse Injures 19 People - Paris

Apartment Collapse Injures 19 People - Paris

An apartment collapsed from the 5th floor to the 4th floor in the 11th arrondissement of Paris during a party attended by 50 people in the same Parisian apartment. More than 100 firefighters were mobilised, as well as a canine team. The toll was 19 people injured and taken to hospital, and one seriously injured on January 18, 2026 in Paris, France. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Apartment Collapse Injures 19 People - Paris

Apartment Collapse Injures 19 People - Paris

An apartment collapsed from the 5th floor to the 4th floor in the 11th arrondissement of Paris during a party attended by 50 people in the same Parisian apartment. More than 100 firefighters were mobilised, as well as a canine team. The toll was 19 people injured and taken to hospital, and one seriously injured on January 18, 2026 in Paris, France. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Apartment Collapse Injures 19 People - Paris

Apartment Collapse Injures 19 People - Paris

An apartment collapsed from the 5th floor to the 4th floor in the 11th arrondissement of Paris during a party attended by 50 people in the same Parisian apartment. More than 100 firefighters were mobilised, as well as a canine team. The toll was 19 people injured and taken to hospital, and one seriously injured on January 18, 2026 in Paris, France. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Apartment Collapse Injures 19 People - Paris

Apartment Collapse Injures 19 People - Paris

An apartment collapsed from the 5th floor to the 4th floor in the 11th arrondissement of Paris during a party attended by 50 people in the same Parisian apartment. More than 100 firefighters were mobilised, as well as a canine team. The toll was 19 people injured and taken to hospital, and one seriously injured on January 18, 2026 in Paris, France. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Mexico: Forest Fire Burns Dozens of Hectares in Arriaga, Chiapas

A forest fire broke out in Arriaga, Chiapas, on Wednesday, January 14, amid wind gusts of up to 33 km/h, burning dozens of hectares.

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Australia: Three Missing in Victoria as Heatwave Fuels Catastrophic Fire Conditions

Three people, including a child, have been reported missing after a home burned down in Longwood on Friday, January 9, as catastrophic bushfires sweep through Victoria and South Australia. Authorities remain on high alert with dozens of towns under threat and multiple properties already destroyed by the out-of-control blazes.

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Firefighters' New Year ladder performance in Tokyo

Firefighters' New Year ladder performance in Tokyo

A firefighter performs ladder acrobatics during a traditional New Year event in Tokyo on Jan. 6, 2026.

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US: Wind-Fueled Wildfire Forces Evacuations Near Broomfield-Boulder Line

A wildfire fueled by strong winds triggered evacuation orders on Monday afternoon, January 5, for neighborhoods near the Broomfield-Boulder county line, leading to the closure of Highway 287. There were no immediate reports of any injuries.

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French Interior Minister At the Presentation of A Security Procedure Before New Year's Eve - Domont

French Interior Minister At the Presentation of A Security Procedure Before New Year's Eve - Domont

This photograph shows the emergency phone number displayed on a firefighters truck seen during France's Interior Minister's visit to the Department Fire and Rescue Service (Service D?partemental d'Incendie et de Secours - SDIS), ahead of New Year's Eve, in Villiers-le-Bel, a suburb of Paris, on December 31, 2025. Photo by Alain JOCARD/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French Interior Minister At the Presentation of A Security Procedure Before New Year's Eve - Domont

French Interior Minister At the Presentation of A Security Procedure Before New Year's Eve - Domont

A French firefighter gets into his truck at the Department Fire and Rescue Service (Service D?partemental d'Incendie et de Secours - SDIS) ahead of New Year's Eve, in Villiers-le-Bel, a suburb of Paris, on December 31, 2025. Photo by Alain JOCARD/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PM Mark Carney Visits Fire Station - Ottawa

PM Mark Carney Visits Fire Station - Ottawa

Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks with firefighters from the Ottawa Fire Service Station 44, in his Nepean riding in Ottawa, ON, Canada on December 13, 2025. Photo by Spencer Colby/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PM Mark Carney Visits Fire Station - Ottawa

PM Mark Carney Visits Fire Station - Ottawa

Prime Minister Mark Carney sits in the drivers seat of a firetruck during a tour of Ottawa Fire Station 44, in his Nepean riding in Ottawa, ON, Canada on December 13, 2025. Photo by Spencer Colby/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PM Mark Carney Visits Fire Station - Ottawa

PM Mark Carney Visits Fire Station - Ottawa

Prime Minister Mark Carney sits in the drivers seat of a firetruck during a tour of Ottawa Fire Station 44, in his Nepean riding in Ottawa, ON, Canada on December 13, 2025. Photo by Spencer Colby/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Australia: Disaster Declared After Fast-Moving Bushfire Devastates NSW Central Coast

A fast-moving bushfire tore through Koolewong in New South Wales on Saturday, December 6, destroying at least 12 homes. Natural disasters were declared in six areas as more than 20 fires still remained uncontained across the state.

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Israeli Airstrikes - South Lebanon

Israeli Airstrikes - South Lebanon

A firefighter attempts to extinguish fire in a building destroyed by Israeli airstrikes in the town of Jbaa, south Lebanon, December 4, 2025. Israeli airstrikes targeted buildings in four towns in southern Lebanon on Thursday afternoon, Lebanon's official National News Agency reported. According to a Lebanese army intelligence source, four buildings were destroyed and around 20 nearby homes were damaged. Photo by Ali Hashisho/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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US: No Injuries, Fire Erupts at Raleigh Convention Center Roof

A natural gas-related fire broke out on the roof of the Raleigh Convention Center in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Monday night, December 1. Seventeen people were inside, but no injuries were reported.

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Wang Fuk Court Fire - Hong Kong

Wang Fuk Court Fire - Hong Kong

A firefighter works after a fire in Wang Fuk Court, a residential area in Tai Po of Hong Kong, south China, Nov. 28, 2025. Hong Kong Police Force will conduct full evidence collection and investigation into the Wang Fuk Court fire in Tai Po, which is expected to take three to four weeks, Chris Tang Ping-keung, secretary for security of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government, told a press conference on Friday. Photo by Zhu Wei/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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20 rescued from giant Ferris wheel in Osaka Pref.

20 rescued from giant Ferris wheel in Osaka Pref.

A crane carrying a firefighter approaches a giant Ferris wheel gondola to rescue people inside it at the Expocity shopping mall and movie multiplex in Suita in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, in the early hours of Nov. 26, 2025. About 20 people were rescued after the 123-meter-tall structure stopped moving in the late afternoon of Nov. 25 following a lightning strike.

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Attack on Rescuers in Sumy - Ukraine

Attack on Rescuers in Sumy - Ukraine

Handout photo dated on November 24, 2025 show rescuers responding to a drone attack on a fire truck in Sumy, Ukraine. Sumy, Ukraine, November 25, 2025. Photo by The State Emergency Service of Ukraine via ABACAPRESS.COM

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