Early Monday morning, fire decimated the structure of the former Office of Youth Affairs connected to the back of Palau National Gymnasium. The building was being used as a temporary Supply Office of the Ministry of Finance. According to Supply staff, shortly upon arriving at the office at around 7:35am, she smelled smoke and was […]
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5 children killed in fire at Pennsylvania day care center
ERIE, Pa. (AP) — A day care center where children could stay overnight as their parents worked was ravaged Sunday by a fire that killed five and sent the owner to the hospital, authorities said. The victims in the lakeside city of Erie ranged in ages from 8 months to 7 years, Chief Guy Santone […]
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Airai forest fire led to cutting of more trees
Spot image of the damage due to fire in Airai (Source: MOJ official) The damage to environment took place when fire broke out in Airai next to Palau National Communication Corporation on Friday and went on till Saturday afternoon. The firefighting team had to dig the ground and cut the trees to extinguish the fire. […]
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Fire at Renrak dock destroys two vehicles, diving paraphernalia
Thick, black smoke billowed from a private property at Renrak Dock during a fire incident on February 14. (Contributed Photo) A fire destroyed two vehicles and other diving paraphernalia that were stationed inside the vicinity of a commercial property at Renrak Dock at around 1:30pm on February 14. Shahalom, a Bangladeshi worker, told Island Times […]
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Four kids, lady escape Ngerusar fire
Four kids and a lady were able to escape from a fire that engulfed a residential house in Ngerusar, Airai on October 22 at around 1 a.m. Public Safety Director Aloysius Alonz told Island Times in an interview yesterday that the Bureau of Public Safety (BPS) received a call from an unknown lady informing them […]