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The five crew members of the boat which sank as it was engulfed in intense flames off the coast of Southern California have been rescued by a pleasure craft named the 'Grape Escape'. 34 passengers are still unaccounted for. IMAGES of the boat which rescued the crew members
A group of furious women set on fire the house of an Indian man accused of parading two women naked in a northeastern state where months of ethnic violence have left at least 120 dead. A clip went viral Wednesday showing two women said to be from the largely Christian Kuki tribal group walking naked along a street, being jeered at and harassed by a mob reportedly from the Meitei community. As the fire rages, the women -- members of the predominantly Hindu Meitei community, like the accused -- break down the walls and roof of the house with sticks. IMAGES
Images of residents and police officers outside a burned house in Havana, Cuba after seven members of the same Cuban family including two children were killed when a fire sparked by burning electric mopeds tore through their home. IMAGES
The roof of a private home in Bakhmut, east Ukraine, collapses in a fire caused by Russian shelling; firefighters are seen arriving at the scene. IMAGES
The two gigantic fires that have been raging since 12 July in Gironde (south-west France) have burnt more than 19,000 hectares of forest and forced the evacuation of 34,000 people, according to the sub-prefect of Arcachon, Ronan Léaustic. SOUNDBITE
Almost 100 people are brought to land at a port on the island of Leyte in the Philippines after a fire engulfed a ferry, killing one person and forcing scores of others on board to jump into the sea. Emergency personnel check on the rescued passengers, as they search for another passenger who remains missing. IMAGES