A massive fire in a hypermarket in al-Kut city in southern Iraq has left at least 69 people dead and 11 others missing, the city's health authorities and two police sources told Reuters on Thursday.

This map shows where the Dale fire is burning near Aguanga.

Photographs and videos on local media showed the five-story Corniche Hypermarket Mall engulfed in flames only a week after it had opened.

A funeral home in Fall River is offering free funeral and cremation services to families who lost someone in a deadly fire that tore through an assisted living facility, killing 10.

Video showed thick plumes of black smoke rising from the famed festival grounds in Boom, Belgium on Wednesday. Fireworks could also be seen and heard going off in the distance.

The fire tore through a number of businesses in the town centre and led to the partial collapse of the building.

A fire broke out at a Tomorrowland music festival stage in Belgium, according to local media and photos from the scene.

At least 50 people have been killed in a massive fire that swept through a shopping malll in Iraq, according to Iraq's state news agency (INA) and local officials. Published video footage captured the blaze engulfing the upper floor of the building overnight in Al-Kut city in Wasit province, south of the capital Baghdad.

BAGHDAD (AP) — A fire at a newly opened mall in eastern Iraq’s Wasit province killed more than 60 people, including women and children, Iraqi officials said Thursday.

Green Fire initially started 9:37 p.m. July 1 in Shasta County, California. Since its discovery 16 days ago, it has burned 16,509 acres, an increase of 578 acres since the last update. By Thursday morning, the fire crew managed to contain 16% of this wildfire. Authorities believe that lightning triggered the fire.