Fire

Hero firemen save 450-year-old oak after suspected vandals set it ablaze

When fire crews arrived at the site in southeast Poland’s Podkarpackie region they found smoke billowing out of the tree named Wincenty, which has been a national monument since 1966. Regionalna Dyrekcja Lasów Państwowych w Krośnie/ Edward Marszałek/ lasy.gov.pl

When fire crews arrived at the site in southeast Poland’s Podkarpackie region they found smoke billowing out of the tree named Wincenty, which has been a national monument since 1966.

Iceland demonstrators protest migrant exploitation after 3 Poles die in fire

A demonstration against the exploitation of migrant labourers took place on Sunday in the Icelandic capital Reykyavik, after Thursday's death of 3 Poles in a fire in one of the city's tenement buildings for migrant workers.

Three Poles die in fire in Iceland

Three Polish citizens died in a fire which broke out in a residential building in Reykjavik downtown on Thursday. The information was confirmed on Saturday by the Polish ambassador to Iceland after the bodies of the vicitms had been identified.

Man sets himself on fire near House of Parliament in Warsaw

A middle-aged man on a bike has set himself on fire in front of a WWII monument in Warsaw.

Devastating fire in Poland's biggest national park under control

A massive fire that had been devastating Biebrza National Park since Sunday was largely contained as of Saturday afternoon and the army had built a temporary bridge to improve access to the park for firefighters.

Firefighters contain fire in Poland's biggest national park

Firefighters on Friday afternoon managed to contain a massive fire that had been devastating Biebrza National Park since Sunday, province fire brigade commander, Jarosław Wendt, has announced.

Temporary bridge to help fight nature park blaze - MoD

Military engineers will build a temporary bridge to improve access to Biebrza National Park where firefighters have been battling a massive fire that has razed some 6,000 hectares of Poland's biggest nature reserve.

Border Guard aircraft join fire fight in Poland's biggest nature park

Two Border Guard PZL-Kania helicopters and a PZL-104 Wilga plane have joined efforts to contain a massive fire that has raged in the north-eastern Polish Biebrza National Park since Sunday, the Polish Border Guard announced on Twitter on Thursday.

Firefighters battle to contain worst fires for over 100 years as they ravage largest national park in Poland

The thick, black clouds of smoke billowing over expanses of open peat bog the size of 2,000 football pitches in the Biebrza National Park have been described as ‘catastrophic’ for the local wildlife “dying in defence of their nests and young.”

Man who lit fire in Mongolian tent busted by anti-smog cops

The man, an employee of Kraków’s Mongolian Culture Centre, said he had forgotten about the city’s anti-smog laws, after locals reported seeing black smoke billowing out of the yurt.

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