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Time to take down the Christmas tree: latest fire in Bex injures 2

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:19:13 +0000

GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Two people, ages 57 and 65, suffered from shock and light burns Wednesday 4 January when their Christmas tree caught fire in their apartment in Bex. Vaud police did not provide details but say the fire was caused by negligence. Le Matin (Fr) noted in an article Wednesday that fires are frequently [...]

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Patient dies in HUG hospital fire; employee critically injured (update 2)

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:24:10 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Cigarette on fifth floor suspected Update 23:00 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A patient who suffered burns from a fire that broke out in the psychiatric unit on the fifth floor of the HUG university hospitals in Geneva died Tuesday 3 January, and a member of staff remains in serious condition from smoke inhalation. The patient was [...]

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73 die in Kolkata (Calcutta) hospital blaze

Ellen Wallace — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 09:04:30 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – At least 73 people have died in a hospital fire in south Kolcata (Calcutta), India, according to initial reports from India’s media, and 75 people were rescued. The fire at Amri Hospital broke out in the early hours of the morning Friday 9 December. The fire department says, according to the Times [...]

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Hong Kong market fire kills 9, with 30 injured

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 08:21:20 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A fire that Hong Kong officials say broke out at a hawker’s stall at the Ladies’ Market in the city’s Mong Kok district in Kowloon killed 9 people and left 30 injured, 4 of them critically. The market, in an area of narrow lanes and colourful buildings and vendors, is popular with [...]

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Youth burns church interior, damages cars in Valais village

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:20:03 +0000

GenevaLunch.com 17-year-old on two-night binge had no reason for doing it, he says SION, SWITZERLAND – A 17-year-old who got drunk and damaged 23 cars one night, then burned the inside of a church in Châble the next told police he didn’t do it for any particular reason. He turned himself in Monday and admitted to [...]

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Storage space fire in Martigny forces traffic detours

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 08:42:30 +0000

GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Police in Martigny set up detours Sunday night 6 November after a fire broke out in a storage area at 9 Route du Levant 9. The cause of the blaze, which was quickly brought under control by firefighters from four communes. is under investigation. The fire comes just a week after a [...]

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Petrol pipeline fire kills more than 100 in Nairobi poor area

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 13:49:02 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A petrol pipeline burst in Nairobi, Kenya’s poor and heavily populated Embakasi area, and the fire that spread rapidly burned to death more than 100 people, with numbers continuing to rise. Homes were built up against the pipeline, according to the Guardian. The pipeline runs between the city centre and the airport [...]

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Large barn fire near Nyon set by children playing with lighters

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:53:08 +0000

GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – A huge and costly fire in Grens, Vaud Saturday 20 August, at 15:00, was set off by three children from a Jura family, playing with lighters and straw, say Vaud police. The parents noticed that the fire originated in an area where their children, ages 8, 9 and 12, had been playing, [...]

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Weekend deaths: murder, roads, fire, mountains take their toll (update)

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 09:13:22 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Italian dies on Matterhorn late Sunday afternoon Update 11:50 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The past four days have taken a high toll in deaths and injuries in Switzerland: a well-known wine writer was murdered by her former companion who then committed suicide early Friday, three mountain climbers lost their lives in falls and four youths on [...]

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Obituaries: Sri Lankan burn victim in Zurich, choreographer in Geneva

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 11:14:46 +0000

GenevaLunch.com ZURICH / GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Two notable foreigners have died in Switzerland. Roland Petit, notable French choreographer whose erotic “Carmen” in 1949 had a major impact on the ballet world, died Sunday 10 July, age 87, in Geneva, where he had lived for more than 10 years according to the New York Times. The arts [...]

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