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Horror as huge fire rips through holiday hotspot filled with Brits – homes evacuated | World | News

Horror as huge fire rips through holiday hotspot filled with Brits – homes evacuated | World | News

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Residents have been evacuated after a fire broke out in a Turkish city. A fire broke out in a forest in the city of Antalya, and it’s spreading rapidly, threatening residential areas. At least one house was completely burned down, according to local reports. The fire broke out in the Karaöz neighbourhood in the city’s Aksu district for reasons which are yet to be determined. A total of 45 fire trucks and 275 firefighters are at the scene, being supported by nine helicopters and three planes. A statement from the Regional Forestry Directorate said: “Our teams are intervening from the air and the ground in the spot fires caused by flammable materials spreading due to the energy of the main fire.” Turkish media outlet Cumhuriyet said residents built barricades to prevent the fire from reaching their homes. One of them, Muhammet Özdemir, said the fire reached his house. Speaking to the local media outlet, he said: “They told me there was a fire near my house. Both the right and left sides are burning. It …

Israel says Netanyahu’s son ‘urgently evacuated’ from the US after threat | Benjamin Netanyahu News

Israel says Netanyahu’s son ‘urgently evacuated’ from the US after threat | Benjamin Netanyahu News

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Yair Netanyahu, a podcaster and right-wing activist, had been living in the US for several years prior to his departure. Published On 30 Aug 202630 Aug 2026 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s eldest son was flown back to Israel from the United States after a threat to his life, according to Israel’s domestic intelligence agency. The Shin Bet said in a statement on Saturday evening that, “there was a significant threat to harm Yair Netanyahu, and in light of this and after an assessment, a decision was made to urgently evacuate him along with his security team and return him to Israel”. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list The agency did not specify the source of the threat. US broadcaster Newsmax reported earlier this week that Yair Netanyahu was the target of an alleged Iranian assassination plot last December, while he was living in Florida. Israeli intelligence informed US authorities after it had learned of the alleged plot, the broadcaster reported, citing a US law enforcement official. The report surfaced after Benjamin Netanyahu told …

ScotRail shuts Edinburgh Waverley lines as train station evacuated for ’emergency’

ScotRail shuts Edinburgh Waverley lines as train station evacuated for ’emergency’

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Edinburgh Waverley Station has been evacuated with emergency services on the scene. ScotRail has issued an urgent warning that “due to the fire alarm sounding at Edinburgh Waverley the line is closed. We are currently unable to operate any services to/from Edinburgh at this time.” The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service is on the scene after reports of a fire came in at 6.20pm. The force has since informed Edinburgh Live it was a false alarm. An image from the scene shows a large crowd of travellers waiting outside the station on Princes Street after being evacuated. Videos of the evacuating station, seen by Edinburgh Live, show passengers leaving the station while a warning message can be heard saying: “Attention please, due to a reported emergency all passengers must leave the station immediately using the next available exit. Do not use the lifts.” A spokesperson from the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said: “We are attending to reports of a fire at Edinburgh Waverley Train Station. We received the first call at 6.20pm. “One appliance …

Two dead, hundreds evacuated from fires on island near Athens

Two dead, hundreds evacuated from fires on island near Athens

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“SPREAD IN SEVEN MINUTES” But two people, reportedly an elderly couple, died before firefighters could get to them, Vathrakogiannis said in a televised address. With the wind reaching up to 61 kilometres (38 miles) per hour, the fire “spread rapidly in seven minutes”, he said. Nine people required medical care for burns, state agency ANA said. Greek TV stations showed footage of several homes gutted by the flames. Salamis, just west of Athens, has some 37,000 residents, many of them elderly, and the beaches were full of people on Sunday, including day travellers, officials said. Battling through rocky terrain, firefighters managed to keep the blaze in Selinia from scaling a mountain and linking up with the other fire, Salamis’s deputy mayor Thodoris Zannis told the ERT TV station.  A fire department spokesman told AFP that the Selinia blaze had been put out by the evening, while scattered pockets of fire remained at Peristeria. The fire service mobilised a large force of some 260 firefighters, nearly 60 engines, 10 aircraft and seven helicopters, rushing in reinforcements …

Delta passengers evacuated by slide after emergency landing in Atlanta

Delta passengers evacuated by slide after emergency landing in Atlanta

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Passengers aboard an Orlando-bound Delta flight had to evacuate via slide after the aircraft made an emergency landing on a taxiway at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport shortly after takeoff Saturday morning. A traveler walks through Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in 2025.Megan Varner / Getty Images The aircraft, carrying approximately 200 passengers and six crew members, reported a smoke condition in the flight deck and declared an emergency. Delta Flight 2204, which took off from Atlanta shortly before 7:30 a.m., turned back and made an emergency landing. A Delta spokesperson said evacuation slides were deployed and that passengers and crew departed the plane on the taxiway before being bused to the terminal. “The flight crew followed procedures to return to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport after reports of fumes in the flight deck,” the spokesperson said in a statement. “A slide evacuation occurred on a taxiway, and customers are being reaccommodated on a new aircraft. Safety is paramount at Delta, and we apologize to our customers for their experience.” Passengers are being rebooked to Orlando, and the …

More than 360,000 evacuated as wildfires rage in France and Spain | Climate Crisis News

More than 360,000 evacuated as wildfires rage in France and Spain | Climate Crisis News

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French and Spanish authorities are struggling to contain the blazes, with teams lacking capacity and resources. Published On 26 Jul 202626 Jul 2026 Blazes raging in parts of France and Spain show no sign of abating and have forced more than 360,000 people to leave their homes, after successive stifling summer heatwaves created the ideal conditions for wildfires to thrive. In France’s southwestern Gironde region, 55,000 people were evacuated overnight, officials said on Sunday. France is among the worst-affected countries in Europe, with around 42,000 hectares (103,780 acres) of land in Gironde alone already burned in one of the largest wildfires the country has endured since the Second World War. So far, some 250,000 people have been evacuated from the region.. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list The flames are advancing towards the famous wine-growing port city of Bordeaux. Its mayor, Thomas Cazenave, said in a post on X that the city was “prepared to welcome in the best possible conditions all the evacuated individuals who have no backup housing solution”. The blazes …

Spain declares wildfire emergency, 10,000 evacuated near Madrid

Spain declares wildfire emergency, 10,000 evacuated near Madrid

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The Spanish government ⁠has declared a national emergency after a series of wildfires in the Madrid region and in the province of Avila, near the capital, late on Thursday. The measure aims to speed up the deployment of resources to fight the blazes, which have forced some 10,000 people in the region to evacuate. According to Spanish authorities, “not enough has been done” by the government to contain and prevent these fires, which are no longer a temporary emergency. France 24 correspondent Sarah Morris reports the latest from Madrid. Keywords for this article Source link