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2024 Bangalore Cafe bombing. / 12.970736; 77.712537. On 1 March 2024, an improvised explosive device (IED) inside a bag exploded at the Rameshwaram Cafe in Bangalore, India. [ 1][ 2][ 3] At least eight people were injured and taken to hospital, though none were in critical condition. [ 4][ 5]
In May, a fire completely destroyed the National Library, with the loss of 100,000 volumes as well as 40,000 manuscripts. September 7 – Gulf Hotel fire in Houston, Texas, killed 55. 1944. May 12 – Union Hotel fire in Oroville, California, killed 15. July 6 – Hartford Circus fire in Hartford, Connecticut, killed 168.
22 May 2012 – A cargo train and the Hubli-Bangalore Hampi Express collided in Penukonda, near Andhra Pradesh. The four bogies of the train derailed, one of them catching fire, and there were about 25 fatalities and about 43 injured. [128] 31 May 2012 – The Howrah–Dehradun Doon Express derailed near Jaunpur, killing at least 5 and injuring ...
In 2009, the government announced that all taluks in the state would have fire stations. [7] As of 2011, the department had 168 fire stations across Karnataka, [8] while 31 more were sanctioned in 2012. [9] In 2011, Infosys built a 21,417-square-metre (230,530 sq ft) fire station at Hebbal, Mysore at a cost of ₹ 45 million for the department ...
The day of the fire was the last day of the circus, with school children being the bulk of the audience as the gates had been left open by circus management and many were accompanied by teachers or parents. Eyewitnesses later stated that shortly after the trapeze artist landed cries of "Benki, benki!" ("Fire, fire!") were heard throughout the tent.
A Bangalore torpedo is an explosive charge placed within one or several connected tubes. It is used by combat engineers to clear obstacles that would otherwise require them to approach directly, possibly under fire. It is sometimes colloquially referred to as a "Bangalore mine", "banger" or simply "Bangalore" as well as a pole charge .
The fire incident. On June 13, 1997, at about 6.55 a.m., the larger of the two transformers installed and maintained by DVB on the ground floor of the Uphaar Cinema building caught fire. At around 7 a.m, an explosion was heard by the security guard, Sudhir Kumar, who then discovered smoke in the transformer room.
Updated July 25, 2024 at 10:35 PM. A 42-year-old man was arrested Thursday and accused of pushing a burning car into a ravine that sparked the massive Park Fire, an ongoing blaze that has burned ...