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US: Fire Erupts at Four-Story Apartment in Holyoke, MA

A massive fire erupted at a four-story apartment building on High Street in Holyoke, MA, on Tuesday, December 2, displacing dozens of residents. According to reports, there were no injuries, and the cause of the blaze remains under investigation.

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Poland: Blaze at Unregistered Hotel Kills Five People in Pszów

On Sunday, April 13, a fire occurred in a four-story building in Pszów, Poland, resulting in the deaths of five people. The building, according to the Silesian Voivode, was not officially registered as a hotel.

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Israeli Bombardment In Bureij Refugee Camp - Gaza

People check a destroyed building after an Israeli bombardment in Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza Strip, on Oct. 8, 2024. At least 24 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes in central and southern Gaza on Tuesday, Palestinian sources said. Israeli warplanes hit a four-story residential building in the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, killing 16 people, according to Gaza's Civil Defense Authority. Photo by Marwan Dawood/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israeli Bombardment In Bureij Refugee Camp - Gaza

A man checks a destroyed building after an Israeli bombardment in Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza Strip, on Oct. 8, 2024. At least 24 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes in central and southern Gaza on Tuesday, Palestinian sources said. Israeli warplanes hit a four-story residential building in the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, killing 16 people, according to Gaza's Civil Defense Authority. Photo by Marwan Dawood/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israeli Bombardment In Bureij Refugee Camp - Gaza

A child checks a destroyed building after an Israeli bombardment in Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza Strip, on Oct. 8, 2024. At least 24 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes in central and southern Gaza on Tuesday, Palestinian sources said. Israeli warplanes hit a four-story residential building in the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, killing 16 people, according to Gaza's Civil Defense Authority. Photo by Marwan Dawood/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Offshore booster station successfully installed in China's Guangxi

STORY: Offshore booster station successfully installed in China's Guangxi SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 18-25, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 28, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:18 LOCATION: NANNING, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the project STORYLINE: A 4,000-tonne offshore booster station has recently been successfully lifted and installed at an offshore wind farm in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The four-story-station is 45 meters long, 44 meters wide, and 20 meters high. With a maximum capacity of 780,000 kilowatts, it can generate 16.8 million kilowatt-hours of electricity a day, which can meet the needs of 2.8 million households. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Nanning, China. (XHTV)

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CHINA-SHANXI-LYULIANG-COAL MINE COMPANY-BUILDING-FIRE (CN)

(231116) -- LYULIANG, Nov. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Firefighters try to put out a fire at a building of the Yongju coal mine company in Lyuliang City, north China's Shanxi province, Nov. 16, 2023. As of 2 p.m. Thursday, 26 died and 38 were injured after a fire broke out Thursday morning at a building of a coal mine company in north China's Shanxi Province, authorities said. The fire ripped through the second floor of the four-story building located in Lishi District of Lyuliang City. The on-site rescue operation ended at 1:45 p.m. on Thursday, according to the information office of the city government. (Xinhua)

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Midnight fire kills at least 6 people in New Zealand capital

STORY: Midnight fire kills at least 6 people in New Zealand capital DATELINE: May 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:36 LOCATION: Wellington CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the rescue STORYLINE: At least six people were killed and up to 30 others were believed unaccounted for after a blaze broke out overnight at a four-story hostel building in downtown Wellington, capital of New Zealand, police said on Tuesday. Fire and Emergency were called to the Loafers Lodge hostel on Adelaide Road in central Wellington around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday, where a fire started from the top floor. The exact number was unspecific at the moment, according to the initial assessment of the police. A total of 52 people were taken out of the building and at least five were rescued from the roof, but others remained unaccounted for, according to the police. Five people were sent to hospital, including two in a serious condition. A spokesperson from the fire and emergency department said there were around 90 people living in the build

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ISRAEL-REHOVOT-ROCKETS ATTACK-AFTERMATH

(230512) -- REHOVOT, May 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on May 12, 2023 shows an apartment of a residential building which was damaged by a rocket launched from Gaza, in Rehovot of Israel. An Israeli man was killed on Thursday afternoon as rockets from Gaza hit a residential building in southern Israel, after two Palestinian rocket commanders were killed by Israeli airstrikes earlier in the day. The rocket hit the second floor of a four-story residential building in Rehovot, a city 25 km south of Tel Aviv, Israel's Fire and Rescue Services said in a statement. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)

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ISRAEL-REHOVOT-ROCKETS ATTACK-AFTERMATH

(230512) -- REHOVOT, May 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on May 12, 2023 shows an apartment of a residential building which was damaged by a rocket launched from Gaza, in Rehovot of Israel. An Israeli man was killed on Thursday afternoon as rockets from Gaza hit a residential building in southern Israel, after two Palestinian rocket commanders were killed by Israeli airstrikes earlier in the day. The rocket hit the second floor of a four-story residential building in Rehovot, a city 25 km south of Tel Aviv, Israel's Fire and Rescue Services said in a statement. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)

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ISRAEL-REHOVOT-ROCKETS ATTACK-AFTERMATH

(230512) -- REHOVOT, May 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Rescue personnel work inside an apartment of a residential building which was damaged by a rocket launched from Gaza, in Rehovot of Israel, on May 12, 2023. An Israeli man was killed on Thursday afternoon as rockets from Gaza hit a residential building in southern Israel, after two Palestinian rocket commanders were killed by Israeli airstrikes earlier in the day. The rocket hit the second floor of a four-story residential building in Rehovot, a city 25 km south of Tel Aviv, Israel's Fire and Rescue Services said in a statement. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)

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ISRAEL-REHOVOT-ROCKETS ATTACK-AFTERMATH

(230512) -- REHOVOT, May 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Rescue personnel work inside an apartment of a residential building which was damaged by a rocket launched from Gaza, in Rehovot of Israel, on May 12, 2023. An Israeli man was killed on Thursday afternoon as rockets from Gaza hit a residential building in southern Israel, after two Palestinian rocket commanders were killed by Israeli airstrikes earlier in the day. The rocket hit the second floor of a four-story residential building in Rehovot, a city 25 km south of Tel Aviv, Israel's Fire and Rescue Services said in a statement. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)

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N. Korea shows new entertainment boat to foreign journalists

PYONGYANG, Oct. 11 Kyodo - A female guide stands in the lobby of a large, four-story entertainment boat named Mujigae, which means rainbow in Korean, moored in the Taedong River in Pyongyang on Oct. 11, 2015. The boat, featuring a range of restaurants, was inaugurated last week on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the foundation of the ruling Workers' Party.

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Demolition of tsunami-hit facility begins in Miyagi

SENDAI, Japan - A four-story accommodation facility, "Enoshima Kyosai Kaikan," in the town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, overturned by the March 2011 tsunami, is seen on Dec. 11, 2014. Demolition work began on Dec. 15, although some people had asked to keep it as a relic of the disaster in northeastern Japan.

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Premier's renovated official residence opens for preview

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C) addresses a ceremony to preview the renovated prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on April 11. Koizumi plans to move into the renovated four-story building by the summer from his temporary quarters in a state-owned residence in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward. (Pool photo)

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Kabul hospital collapsed, 3 feared dead

KABUL, Afghanistan - Workers remove debris in Kabul on July 27 after a four-story hospital under reconstruction collapsed the previous day, burying a dozen people and possibly killing three workers.

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Arson probably caused fatal 2001 Kabukicho fire: report

TOKYO, Japan - Toshifumi Teramoto, chief of the investigation section of the Tokyo Fire Department, speaks at a news conference Dec. 12 after releasing a report on a 2001 fire that gutted a four-story building in Tokyo's Kabukicho and left 44 people dead. The report said that arson was the most likely cause of the fire.

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Police continue probe into Tokyo fire

TOKYO, Japan - Police officers and firefighters continue their investigation of a building at the popular nightspot Kabukicho in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Sept. 2 for clues about the fatal fire that killed 44 people there the day before. They focused on the third floor of the four-story building (covered with plastic sheets), as the fire is thought to have started on that floor.

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Police investigate site of fatal Tokyo fire

TOKYO, Japan - Police officers and firefighters search a building in a popular nightspot in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Sept. 1 for clues about the fatal fire that killed 44 people there the day before. Searchers focused on the third floor of the four-story Meisei 56 Building in the Kabukicho entertainment district, as the fire is thought to have started on that floor.

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(3)Midnight blast rips Tokyo building, killing 44

TOKYO, Japan - Policemen cordon off the street near a building in Tokyo's Kabukicho entertainment district Sept. 1. A powerful blast ripped through a mahjong game parlor on the third floor and an adult shop on the fourth floor of the four-story building early Sept. 1, killing at least 44 people and injuring three.

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(1)Midnight blast rips Tokyo building, killing 44

TOKYO, Japan - Firefighters attempt to reach the shattered windows of a four-story building in Tokyo's Kabukicho district where a powerful explosion ripped through a mahjong game parlor and an adult entertainment shop early Sept. 1, killing at least 44 people and injuring three.

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(4)Midnight blast rips Tokyo building, killing 44

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the Kabukicho entertainment in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward. The arrow indicates the four-story building where a powerful blast ripped through the third and fourth floors early Sept. 1, killing at least 44 people and injuring three.

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Sony opens entertainment center in San Francisco

Sony Corp. opens an entertainment center June 16 in San Francisco, the first of its kind by the Japanese electronics giant, with the opening ceremony drawing 5,000 visitors. The four-story Metreon center was built on a 31,500-square-meter site and houses 15 movie theaters, in addition to video arcades and restaurants.

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"Red Building," a witness of China's revolution | Stories shared by Xi Jinping

STORY: "Red Building," a witness of China's revolution | Stories shared by Xi Jinping DATELINE: Nov. 23, 2022 LENGTH: 00:04:00 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS/CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the "Red Building" 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): CHENG HAO, Researcher of a museum of CPC's early revolutionary activities in Beijing 3. various of offices in "Red Building" 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): CAI QIANG, Guide at a museum of CPC's early revolutionary activities in Beijing 5. various of reenactment of CPC's early revolutionary activities in Beijing SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): XI JINPING, Chinese President STORYLINE: This four-story "Red Building," built from 1916 to 1918, was named for its red brick walls and tiled roof. It witnessed several of China's major historical events, including the New Culture Movement and the May Fourth Movement, both of which greatly contributed to the early spread of Marxism in China and the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC). In June 2021, Xi Jinping led members of the Poli

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Chinese-aided teaching building to bolster education in Afghanistan

STORY: Chinese-aided teaching building to bolster education in Afghanistan DATELINE: Aug. 12, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:11 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): ZOU XUEMIAN, Xinhua correspondent 2. various shots of the Chinese-aided teaching building in Kabul University. 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Dari): HAMID GHOLAMI, Professor, Kabul University 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Pashto): OSAMA AZIZ, Head of Kabul University 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Dari): AMANULLAH, Construction worker STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): ZOU XUEMIAN, Xinhua correspondent "I'm now in Kabul, the capital city of Afghanistan. What's behind me are two China-aided buildings in Kabul University. The teaching building accommodates an academic lecture hall and a number of classrooms. And the auditorium with a capacity of more than one thousand people at one time is the largest hall in Kabul University." The four-story complex was inaugurated last week, which was constructed with the help from China The teaching building has an academic lecture hall an

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INDONESIA-JAKARTA-NATIONAL LIBRARY

(220419) -- JAKARTA, April 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on April 19, 2022 shows a four-story bookcase at the National Library in Jakarta, Indonesia. The National Library of Indonesia has the most comprehensive collection of publications in Indonesia. The manuscripts written on leaves, bark, bamboo and Indonesian native paper record the history, culture and information of Indonesia in various eras. (Xinhua/Xu Qin)

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INDONESIA-JAKARTA-NATIONAL LIBRARY

(220419) -- JAKARTA, April 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on April 19, 2022 shows a four-story bookcase at the National Library in Jakarta, Indonesia. The National Library of Indonesia has the most comprehensive collection of publications in Indonesia. The manuscripts written on leaves, bark, bamboo and Indonesian native paper record the history, culture and information of Indonesia in various eras. (Xinhua/Xu Qin)

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Five in critical condition after explosion crumbles apartments in U.S. Maryland

STORY: Five in critical condition after explosion crumbles apartments in U.S. Maryland DATELINE: March 4, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:41 LOCATION: Washington, D.C. CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the explosion site STORYLINE: Five people are in critical condition after an explosion ripped through parts of an apartment building in Montgomery County, the U.S. state of Maryland, on Thursday morning. One section of the four-story apartment complex, just several kilometers outside of Washington, D.C., was leveled into a pile of rubbles. Firefighters rushed to the scene at about 10:30 a.m. (1530 GMT) and helped some residents escape before the building was consumed by fire and collapsed, according to Montgomery County Fire Chief Scott Goldstein. Goldstein also told reporters about 125 to 150 firefighters had responded to the scene, adding that "it's too early to speculate" on a cause. Seven or eight people have less serious injuries, and some of them were transported to the hospital, Montgomery County Fire

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Premier's renovated official residence opens for preview

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C) addresses a ceremony to preview the renovated prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on April 11. Koizumi plans to move into the renovated four-story building by the summer from his temporary quarters in a state-owned residence in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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(3)Midnight blast rips Tokyo building, killing 44

TOKYO, Japan - Policemen cordon off the street near a building in Tokyo's Kabukicho entertainment district Sept. 1. A powerful blast ripped through a mahjong game parlor on the third floor and an adult shop on the fourth floor of the four-story building early Sept. 1, killing at least 44 people and injuring three.

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N. Korea shows new entertainment boat to foreign journalists

A large, four-story entertainment boat named Mujigae, which means rainbow in Korean, is moored in the Taedong River in Pyongyang on Oct. 11, 2015. The boat, featuring a range of restaurants, was inaugurated last week on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the foundation of the ruling Workers' Party. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korea shows new entertainment boat to foreign journalists

People gather in the lobby of a large, four-story entertainment boat named Mujigae, which means rainbow in Korean, moored in the Taedong River in Pyongyang on Oct. 11, 2015. The boat, featuring a range of restaurants, was inaugurated last week on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the foundation of the ruling Workers' Party. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kabul hospital collapsed, 3 feared dead

KABUL, Afghanistan - Workers remove debris in Kabul on July 27 after a four-story hospital under reconstruction collapsed the previous day, burying a dozen people and possibly killing three workers. (Kyodo)

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Photos from China's quake-hit Sichuan Province

YINGXIU, China - A four-story building of a local junior high school is seen collapsed in Yingxiu in Wenchuan county, Sichuan Province, on May 17. (Kyodo)

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Maruyama Yaami Hotel

This is the first Western-style hotel to open in Kyoto, located in the west of the Higashiyama district. It had the tower of Anyoji which was located at the foot of Higashiyama, and the artificial spa Yoshimizuen which opened in 1873. The old building with the panel board YAAMI is in the center and the left is a four-story building with a verandah added in 1894. The building is surrounded by stone walls, and flags fly on both sides of the gate.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number5‐41‐0]

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(1)Midnight blast rips Tokyo building, killing 44

TOKYO, Japan - Firefighters attempt to reach the shattered windows of a four-story building in Tokyo's Kabukicho district where a powerful explosion ripped through a mahjong game parlor and an adult entertainment shop early Sept. 1, killing at least 44 people and injuring three.

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Delayed opening of commercial complex in Fukuoka

Photo taken on June 10, 2020, shows a shoe shop specializing in American brand Converse at the newly opening Caitac Square Garden commercial complex in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan. A press preview for the four-story complex with a total floor space of 9,000 square meters was offered ahead of its official opening June 11, as opening it in April was cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Delayed opening of commercial complex in Fukuoka

Photo taken on June 10, 2020, shows the newly opening Caitac Square Garden commercial complex in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan. A press preview for the four-story complex with a total floor space of 9,000 square meters was offered ahead of its official opening June 11, as opening it in April was cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Delayed opening of commercial complex in Fukuoka

Photo taken on June 10, 2020, shows a facility mainly used for a wedding ceremony at the newly opening Caitac Square Garden commercial complex in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan. A press preview for the four-story complex with a total floor space of 9,000 square meters was offered ahead of its official opening June 11, as opening it in April was cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New beauty facility in Tokyo's Ginza

Photo taken Dec. 26, 2019, shows the recently opened Beauty Connection Ginza complex in Tokyo. The four-story facility, run by Nagoya-based beauty goods maker MTG, houses tenants including a hair salon, beauty product shop and a cosmetic surgery clinic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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High-end Starbucks store in Tokyo

Starbucks Corp. CEO Kevin Johnson (C) poses at Starbucks Reserve Roastery, a high-end outlet of the coffee chain, in Tokyo's Meguro Ward, on Feb. 27, 2019, a day before the store's opening. Seen second from right is Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, who designed the four-story cafe and bar. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fire in Tokyo's Shibuya

Photo taken on Dec. 31, 2017, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a four-story building on fire on a busy street in Tokyo's Shibuya district, a popular entertainment and shopping area where crowds gather for the New Year countdown. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fire in Tokyo's Shibuya

Photo taken on Dec. 31, 2017, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a four-story building on fire on a busy street in Tokyo's Shibuya district, a popular entertainment and shopping area where crowds gather for the New Year countdown. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fire in Tokyo's Shibuya

Firefighters are mobilized on Dec. 31, 2017, to fight a fire that broke out in a four-story building on a busy street in Tokyo's Shibuya district, a popular entertainment and shopping area where crowds gather for the New Year countdown. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fire in Tokyo's Shibuya

Firefighters are mobilized on Dec. 31, 2017, to fight a fire that broke out in a four-story building on a busy street in Tokyo's Shibuya district, a popular entertainment and shopping area where crowds gather for the New Year countdown. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Arson probably caused fatal 2001 Kabukicho fire: report

TOKYO, Japan - Toshifumi Teramoto, chief of the investigation section of the Tokyo Fire Department, speaks at a news conference Dec. 12 after releasing a report on a 2001 fire that gutted a four-story building in Tokyo's Kabukicho and left 44 people dead. The report said that arson was the most likely cause of the fire. (Kyodo)

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Police continue probe into Tokyo fire

TOKYO, Japan - Police officers and firefighters continue their investigation of a building at the popular nightspot Kabukicho in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Sept. 2 for clues about the fatal fire that killed 44 people there the day before. They focused on the third floor of the four-story building (covered with plastic sheets), as the fire is thought to have started on that floor.

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(4)Midnight blast rips Tokyo building, killing 44

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the Kabukicho entertainment in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward. The arrow indicates the four-story building where a powerful blast ripped through the third and fourth floors early Sept. 1, killing at least 44 people and injuring three.

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Sony opens entertainment center in San Francisco

Sony Corp. opens an entertainment center June 16 in San Francisco, the first of its kind by the Japanese electronics giant, with the opening ceremony drawing 5,000 visitors. The four-story Metreon center was built on a 31,500-square-meter site and houses 15 movie theaters, in addition to video arcades and restaurants.

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Sony opens entertainment center in San Francisco

Sony Corp. opens an entertainment center June 16 in San Francisco, the first of its kind by the Japanese electronics giant, with the opening ceremony drawing 5,000 visitors. The four-story Metreon center was built on a 31,500-square-meter site and houses 15 movie theaters, in addition to video arcades and restaurants.