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Source: Xinhua| Editor: huaxia Video PlayerClose DAR ES SALAAM, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- At least 62 people were killed by fire in Tanzania in 2020, the country's fire and rescue watchdog said on Thursday. Joseph Mwasabeja, a senior fire inspector with the headquarters of the Tanzania Fire and Rescue Force in the capital Dodoma, said the 62 people perished in 1,925 fire incidents that occurred across the country during the year. Mwasabeja told a news conference that most of the fires broke out in residential houses and business structures, adding that among the dead 17 were women and 45 were men. ...

2020-12-31 16:35:07 GMT2021-01-01 00:35:07(Beijing Time) Xinhua English DAR ES SALAAM, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- At least 62 people were killed by fire in Tanzania in 2020, the country's fire and rescue watchdog said on Thursday. Joseph Mwasabeja, a senior fire inspector with the headquarters of the Tanzania Fire and Rescue Force in the capital Dodoma, said the 62 people perished in 1,925 fire incidents that occurred across the country during the year. Mwasabeja told a news conference that most of the fires broke out in residential houses and business structures, adding that among the dead 1...

Ill-equippedded first responders. there's no power, no communications, hard to get gas and very hard to drive also. a lot of downed power lines across the road and flooding as well. they were joined by volunteers, but now the rescue force is getting more professional. we have seen convoys of military vehicles arrive, so a very low death toll so far in that area perhaps because of those mandatory evacuations. when you see the destruction, you can certainly appreciate why it was good news for those evacuations. people still being told to stay away from the area especially around rockport, but th...

Against these isis people. >> yeah, exactly. there's no question they'll get caught up in things. this is going to be a direct action, lethal operation against isis forces in iraq. i'm sure also in syria and to do it adequately is probably a couple 3,000 people, mostly in iraq and jordan and turkey and saudi arabia and other places to support it. lots of air assets. but there's going to be a fight and this will actually have a direct impact on isis. >> general, you are thinking it could end up being thousands? >> well, i would hope that the white house stays out of it and the air power of logi...

Seeing how people are reacting. we're hearing from the pilots every now and then. very comforting, because the army picked the best pilots in the world to fly this mission -- the four best pilots are now flying these two helicopters. >> fifteen minutes later, two chinook helicopters take off loaded with another squadron of seals -- a rescue force in case anything goes wrong. >> we hear from them, "okay, we've crossed the border." so, now we know we're in pakistan. and at this point is when there's kind of -- you couldn't hear it, but you could sort of feel, "okay, now we're in a sovereign nati...