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A massive blaze breaks out at one of Indonesia's biggest oil refineries, seriously injuring at least five people and forcing the evacuation of about 1,000 local residents. IMAGES
Dhaka, Mar 22 (EFE), (Camera: EPA).- A massive fire on Monday engulfed a large part of a Rohingya refugee camp in southeastern Bangladesh, causing severe damage to shelters that house hundreds of thousands of refugees, although no casualties have been reported so far.The fire broke out around 3.20 pm in a camp situated in the Balukhali area of the Cox's Bazar district, an official at the local firefighters' control room told EFE.Cox's Bazar police spokesperson Rafiqul Islam said that flames had spread over "a vast area” and the authorities were still trying to bring them under control.FOOTAGE OF THE FIRE.
Prague (Czech Republic.), Feb 23 (EFE) - (Camera: Martin Divisek) Czech Davil Vencl broke the world record in free diving on Tuesday in Lake Vápenka, in the north of the Czech Republic, where he covered 80.9 meters and surpassed the 76.5-meter mark of Denmark's Stig Severinsen.FOOTAGE OF THE MOMENT WHEN THE RECORD WAS BROKEN AND STATEMENTS BY THE DIVER, DAVIL VENCL.TRANSLATION:"It was faster than I expected, I felt great. At the end, I had trained.""The record is just the cherry on top. To tell the truth, I thought that when I emerged and set the record, I would get peace in the world or a change in the course of humanity , but it probably won't be like that."
(CNN) Glaciers that still exist on the surface of Mars are helping to tell the story of its past. The red planet experienced between six and 20 separate ice ages during the past 300 to 800 million years, a new analysis of glaciers on Mars has revealed. During the last ice age on Earth 20,000 years ago, our planet was covered in glaciers. Those glaciers then retreated to the poles. These masses of ice left behind rocks as evidence, dropping them while scraping and carving paths as they moved to the poles.
A powerful winter storm that is currently drenching the Southeast will bring snow to the Mid-Atlantic states. The storm will drop its first snow Wednesday morning from West Virginia to New York. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has projected it could be the city's "biggest storm in several years." The peak of the storm is expected to come later Wednesday and into Thursday morning. Heavy snowfall is projected for areas across the Northeast, CNN meteorologist Pedram Javaheri said. Some areas, including Washington, DC will instead see a wintry mix.
Beirut (Lebanon), Sep 10 (EFE/EPA), (Camera: Wael Hamzeh).- Black smoke rise over the port of Beirut after a fire broke out Thursday at the site of the devastating explosion that killed at least 190 people and injured more than 6,000. FOOTAGE OF THE FIRE ON THURSDAY.
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