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US: Rooftop Fire Breaks Out Near NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Midtown 3

Thick plumes of black smoke billowed into the sky over Midtown Manhattan on Tuesday, March 17, after a fire broke out in a cooling tower on the roof of a building under renovation near the start of the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade. Construction workers evacuated safely and no impact reported on the parade.

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US: Rooftop Fire Breaks Out Near NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Midtown 2

Thick plumes of black smoke billowed into the sky over Midtown Manhattan on Tuesday, March 17, after a fire broke out in a cooling tower on the roof of a building under renovation near the start of the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade. Construction workers evacuated safely and no impact reported on the parade.

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US: Rooftop Fire Breaks Out Near NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Midtown

Thick plumes of black smoke billowed into the sky over Midtown Manhattan on Tuesday, March 17, after a fire broke out in a cooling tower on the roof of a building under renovation near the start of the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade. The cause of the fire was under investigation with construction workers evacuating safely and no impact reported on the parade.

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US: Gas Line Explosion Reported Near Willow River in Minnesota, Forcing Evacuations

A large gas line explosion was reported on Friday, January 16, near Willow River in Pine County, Minnesota, forcing nearby residents to evacuate. Minnesota Energy Resources said customers in the area could be without natural gas for days, though authorities reported no injuries and suspect no criminal activity at this time.

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US: Gas Line Explosion Reported Near Willow River in Minnesota, Forcing Evacuations 2

A large gas line explosion was reported on Friday, January 16, near Willow River in Pine County, Minnesota, forcing nearby residents to evacuate. Minnesota Energy Resources said customers in the area could be without natural gas for days, though authorities reported no injuries and suspect no criminal activity at this time.

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Wang Fuk Court Fire - Hong Kong

Firefighters work after a fire on the rooftop of a building of 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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Singapore: Small Fire Breaks Out on Marina Bay Sands Rooftop

A smoke was seen billowing from the rooftop of Marina Bay Sands on Tuesday afternoon, October 28 as a small fire broke out. The fire was swiftly extinguished by staff, according to reports. No injuries were reported.

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Tsunami warning issued in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows people evacuating to the rooftop of a fire department building in Mukawa, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on July 30, 2025, after the Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning for the country's Pacific coast following a powerful earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.

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Tsunami warning issued in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows people evacuating to the rooftop of a fire department building in Mukawa, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on July 30, 2025, after the Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning for the country's Pacific coast following a powerful earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.

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Tsunami warning issued in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows people evacuating to the rooftop of a fire department building in Mukawa, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on July 30, 2025, after the Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning for the country's Pacific coast following a powerful earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.

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Tsunami warning issued in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows people evacuating to the rooftop of a fire department building in Mukawa, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on July 30, 2025, after the Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning for the country's Pacific coast following a powerful earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.

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Tsunami warning issued in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows people who evacuated to the rooftop of a fire department building in Mukawa, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on July 30, 2025, after the Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning for the country's Pacific coast following a powerful earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.

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Tsunami warning issued in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows people who evacuated to the rooftop of a fire department building in Mukawa, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on July 30, 2025, after the Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning for the country's Pacific coast following a powerful earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.

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Typhoon Bebinca Lashes Shanghai - China

Firefighters from the Putuo Fire Brigade remove a fallen rooftop water heater at an apartment building in east China's Shanghai, September 16, 2024. Bebinca, the 13th typhoon of this year, made landfall in Shanghai at about 7:30 a.m. Monday, according to the Shanghai central meteorological observatory. Bebinca, believed to be the strongest typhoon to hit Shanghai in 75 years, has unleashed gales and torrential rains in the city. (Putuo Fire Brigade/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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US: Smoke Billows From Manhattan High-Rise Under Construction As Fire Breaks Out On Rooftop

The roof of a residential skyscraper under construction in Lower Manhattan caught fire on Wednesday morning, March 20. Plumes of smoke were seen billowing from the top of the building.

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France: Fire Breaks Out At 4 Story Residential Building In Rungis

A fire broke out at a 4-story residential building in Rungis, Val-de-Marne on Monday afternoon. The flame erupted at the rooftop which was under waterproofing work. Residents nearby and a school were evacuated. There were no reports of injuries.

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PAKISTAN-KARACHI-POLICE BUILDING-ATTACK

(230218) -- KARACHI, Feb. 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Security personnel stand guard on the rooftop of a police building following an attack in Karachi, Pakistan, Feb. 18, 2023. The security forces had killed all three terrorists who attacked the police chief's office in Karachi, capital of Pakistan's southern Sindh province, on Friday night, Spokesperson of the Sindh government Murtaza Wahab said. The attack happened at around 7:10 p.m. local time when the attackers opened fire and hurled hand grenades at the police office near the Saddar area of Karachi, Deputy Inspector General of south zone Karachi Irfan Baloch told the media. (Str/Xinhua)

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Rescue work after quake in Japan

SENDAI, Japan - Rescue workers carry an elderly woman, who evacuated to the rooftop of an elementary school, onto a helicopter of the Sapporo City fire department in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 12, 2011. The combined number of people who died or are unaccounted for after the previous day's magnitude 8.8 earthquake in Japan has reached 1,600.

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3 people rescued from atop 7-story Tokyo condo building after fire

TOKYO, Japan - A 65-year-old man and two female family members were rescued Nov. 9 from the rooftop of a seven-story condominium building in Tokyo's Minato Ward about two hours after a fire broke out in the man's top floor residence, firefighters said. Photo shows a helicopter rescuing one of the three from roof of the building, located about 400 meters southwest of JR Hamamatsucho Station.

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Niigata nuke plant rooftop catches fire, no radiation leaks

NIIGATA, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant, where a small fire broke out Sept. 20 from a power cable of a makeshift air conditioner on the roof of the plant in Niigata Prefecture, Tokyo Electric Power said. It said no one was injured and there were no radiation leaks.

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Tile craftsman completes rooftop ornaments for renovated castle

Kiyokazu Yamamoto (L), the master tile craftsman who headed the production of the 186-centimeter-tall "shachihoko" rooftop ornaments for the recently renovated Himeji Castle in Himeji, western Japan, poses with his grandson Kazuki in front of a similar model of the Japanese folklore animal on Feb. 27, 2015, in Heguri, Nara Prefecture. The shachihoko, which features the head of a tiger and the body of a fish, often adorns the roofs of temples and castles as it is believed to protect them from fire. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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3 people rescued from atop 7-story Tokyo condo building after fi

TOKYO, Japan - A 65-year-old man and two female family members were rescued Nov. 9 from the rooftop of a seven-story condominium building in Tokyo's Minato Ward about two hours after a fire broke out in the man's top floor residence, firefighters said. Photo shows a helicopter rescuing one of the three from roof of the building, located about 400 meters southwest of JR Hamamatsucho Station. (Kyodo)

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Rescue work after quake in Japan

SENDAI, Japan - Rescue workers carry an elderly woman, who evacuated to the rooftop of an elementary school, onto a helicopter of the Sapporo City fire department in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 12, 2011. The combined number of people who died or are unaccounted for after the previous day's magnitude 8.8 earthquake in Japan has reached 1,600. (Kyodo)