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Copenhagen's historic former stock exchange is cordoned off after a massive fire, which Danish firefighters say they are battling to extinguish in part of the building for a second day after bringing the blaze under control. IMAGES
Firefighters extinguish a major fire in an apartment building located on Boulevard Brune near Porte d'Orléans in the 14th arrondissement of Paris. COMPLETES (VID1T91W8_EN AND VID1T920C_EN AND VIDI1T934B_EN). IMAGES
Firefighters from the ICMBio (Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation), Brazil's federal protected areas agency, use helicopters and make firebreaks to combat a blaze in the Amazon rainforest. Nearly 3,000 forest fires were registered in the Brazilian Amazon in February 2024, the highest for any February since records began in 1999, and made more likely by climate change, according to experts. IMAGES
Firefighters pick through the still-smouldering ruins of a 14-storey apartment building for the more than a dozen people reported missing after a fire ravaged the block of flats in the Spanish port city of Valencia, claiming the lives of at least four people. Experts say the building was covered with highly flammable cladding, which could account for the rapid spread of the blaze after it broke out on the fourth floor at around 5:30 pm (1630 GMT) on February 22. IMAGES
Images show firefighters battling the huge blaze that killed at least three people and injured nearly 300 in Kenya's capital Nairobi. The fire broke out just before midnight on Thursday in the Embakasi neighbourhood southeast of the capital and was contained at around 0600 GMT. IMAGES
Images of firefighters trying to contain the fire that killed at least three people and injured nearly 300 after a truck packed with cylinders exploded just before midnight on Thursday night, turning the sky orange and setting fire to nearby homes and parked cars. IMAGES