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Helicopter crashes into the Arctic: top team of Canadian researchers dies
The pinnacle of Canadian Arctic explorers has been decapitated. Marc Thibault, captain of the research ship CCGS Admunsen, at the cutting edge of Canadian Arctic research, died when the helicopter from which he was scouting the area,…
Dramatic fire in USA: firefighters saved by a whisker
A helmet cam worn by a firefighter from Boise, Idaho, captures all the drama of a night-time operation. As a house burns, the emergency team tries to get into the building while colleagues on the outside attempt to douse the flames.…
New helicopter rescue service in Israel
A new helicopter rescue service is now operating in the Eilat region of Israel. The Road Safety Authority has activated this service to reduce the time it takes to arrive on the scene and transport seriously injured casualties of road…
The world's greatest firefighting team
The dream of a tour aboard the world’s most cutting-edge fireboat could come true for a firefighting team.
IVECO MAGIRUS is on the look-out for the best firefighting squad in the world for the Conrad Dietrich Magirus Award: all…
Putting out the flames in the Boeing 777 crashed-landed in San Francisco, as seen by a firefighter
This video will allow you to live firsthand the drama of the rescue operation undertaken at the scene of the plane crash in San Francisco last 6th July. The images of the film taken by the Californian firefighters show the difficult…
8,300 firefighters in California's Yosemite Park inferno
A wildfire of apocalyptic dimensions is threatening the Yosemite National Park in the USA. The flames may have been started naturally by a lightning strike in a hard-to-reach part of the park. The blaze has already devoured over 60,000…
Bus crash in Malaysia: 37 dead and 16 survivors pulled out of the jungle
A tragic accident involving a tourist bus in Malaysia has caused 37 deaths. The disaster brings back memories of the dreadful crash in Monteforte Irpino in July this year, which it resembles in terms of the number of victims and the…
Bus overturns near Los Angeles: rescue teams at work
55 passengers were injured when the charter casino bus they were travelling in overturned. The accident happened on the Interstate 201 in the county of Irwing, near Los Angeles. Exactly what happened is still unknown: according to witnesses…
Ferry carrying 831 people sinks in central Philippines
A passenger ferry has sunk off the coast near the post of Cebu, in the central Philippines, after colliding with a cargo ship. With 831 passengers and crew members on board, the ferry took less than ten minutes to sink after the impact. The…
Skewered by a steel bar: Australian construction worker survives
What an incredible accident: Kieran Dodge, 19 years old, was working on an excavator in a Sydney construction site when he ended up with a metal bar embedded in his head. The bar had entered the driver’s cab and struck the…