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TAIPEI - A Gas leak explosion hit thursday Kaohsiung, a China's Taiwan city. Dead toll from the accident climbed to 20, the firefighting authority said. Meanwhile, 270 others were injured, the data showed. As of 5:00 a.m. Friday local time,…

MUMBAI (AFP) - A major landslide on Wednesday struck a village in western India following heavy monsoon rains, killing at least 17 people and leaving up to 200 feared trapped, an official said. Emergency forces rushed to a remote village…

(SBSUN) - A horse that fell into a ravine was rescued by the San Bernardino County Fire Department and the Rancho Cucamonga Fire Department Tuesday evening. At about 7:49 p.m., County Fire received a call regarding a horse in distress and…

A Happy videoclip from the Emergency Room of the Saint Franciscus Gasthuis in Rotterdam. Dedicated to all the rescue workers in the world. Thanks to Mishaela, who send us this great video from Netherland. An impression of the emergency…

A lot of rescue services and ambulances work during the First World War in Europe. The Red Cross brought in the first widespread battlefield motor ambulances to replace horse-drawn vehicles. Thanks to Getty Images Database, it's…

By: Lorenzo Franceschi on Mashable After three fruitless days of extensive searching by authorities, an amateur drone pilot located a missing elderly man in a mere 20 minutes. On Sunday, David Lesh helped save Guillermo DeVenecia,…

A hudge search & rescue drill happen sunday at Castle Rock in Douglas County, Colorado. Watch the Denver Fox31 video reportage about the exercise. (Ph. from Castlepineconnection.com)

GENEVA (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency called Thursday for urgent European action to stop rising refugee and migrant deaths at sea, after more than 260 people have died or been reported missing trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea to get…

UPDATE - The plane was carrying 54 passengers and four airline crew. Twelve people were sent to the hospital almost immediately after the crash, with one arriving without vital signs. Transportation Minister Yeh Kuang-shih confirmed…

A rescue helicopter carrying emergency workers involved in the Sewol ferry disaster operations crashed Thursday in a South Korean city. Here there's the video of the accident in the town of Gwangju. Officials say a teenage girl also…