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Cape Town fire largely contained Wind drops, giving firefighting crews a better chance of dousing the blaze 20 April 2021 - 08:20 Firefighters have been working since Sunday morning to extinguish the runaway fire that engulfed Rhodes Memorial and UCTs library, and by Tuesday morning it was "largely contained" Image: Ruvan Boshoff Early Tuesday morning the blaring of fire engine sirens and sound of choppers in the sky were heard in Cape Town, as fresh crews were depl...

Portugal. dozens of people have died in forest fires. nbcs lucy kafanov is monitoring the situation from our london office. lucy, what do we know? >> reporter: one person had apparently been counted twice. this is still being called the greatest wildfire tragedy in recent years, certainly one of the deadliest. there are several fires still blazing as we speak. please believe one fire began last night when lightning struck a tree during a dry thunderstorm, 120 miles north of lisbon. the fire spre...

School girls. around 80 u.s. troops have now arrived in the region in hopes of bringing the girls back home. officials say a wildfire burning near sedona, arizona, could nearly triple in size. firefighting crews are letting the so-called slide fire burn through the flatter portions of scenic oak creek canyon as they focus on saving nearly 300 structures and protecting other nearby communities in alaska. officials say the funny river fire near the keni national wildfire refuge is 20% contained,...

More offshore oil drilling. is there something about rig wes should know about? >> obviously complicated pieces of equipment that are working in very dangerous environments. this particular rig is one of the newer ones and certainly the company trans ocean, the biggest driller and theyve got a pretty good record of safety. the rigs themselves, its dangerous, dirty work. theyre working in extreme conditions with extreme pressure. any time you stick a pipe into the earth thousands of feet, youre d...

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