Time is running tight as the workers’ individual oxygen kits are about to run out.
One man's carelessness causes 'fire tornado' which destroys 59 houses, another avoidable blaze razes 17 homes, as state of emergency called.
Members of two families perished and others are missing as emergency services scrambled to the scene.
Calls for action against homeless dogs provokes backlash from animal rights campaigners.
Fear that thawing permafrost caused damage to storage tank.
Drivers and passengers escaped their sinking lorries but oil is leaking into the world’s 11th longest river, prompting a local state of emergency.
A Tupolev-204 passenger plane from North Korea overshot the taxiway after landing in the Russian Far East, said emergency services.
Emergency services in major operation with higher toll feared.
Warplane suddenly lost height; pilot successfully ejected.