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14th May 2012
A small community along Abuja-Kaduna expressway in Nigeria was completely razed to the ground after a chemical-carrying tanker veered off the road and erupted in flames.
9th May 2012
Five firefighters were injured by a fire in San Francisco's Mission District that burned at least two multi-unit apartment buildings, displacing 37 people.
8th May 2012
A fire that destroyed a 19,000 square metre studio, five sound stages and a 400-seat theatre at the US home of filmmaker, Tyler Perry, was tackled by 100 firefighters.
24th April 2012
Wildfires in Russia's far eastern region have caused the death of one person and destroyed over 86 square kilometres of land. Around 120 residents of Tygda village in Amur region were
evacuated due to the fires, which destroyed 75 buildings. Elsewhere, ten homes were burned in Zaozernoye village in Khabarovsk region. No one was harmed.