Forest fire consumes ‘at least’ 250 acres in central Colombia
A forest fire that has been raging in Colombia for three days, has consumed at least 250 acres of...
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Colombia firefighters lack proper resources: Fire department head
Fire departments in Colombia are experiencing shortages of the equipment and resources necessary to fight fires in half of the country, said Captain Oscar Mejia, reported Caracol news. Oscar Mejia, the Director of the National...
Wildfires spread across Colombia
Regions throughout Colombia are suffering extreme drought, which has resulted in a series of...
Number of fatalities up to 14 after fire in north Colombian prison
Authorities in northern Colombia said Wednesday that 14 people have so far died following a prison...
Colombian artist Botero, wife unharmed after fire in Antioquia home
Colombian painter Fernando Botero escaped unharmed along with his wife after a fire broke out in...
Jealous guy burns 20 houses in Cali
A jealous enraged man on Sunday set fire to his house, consequently burning the neighborhood, over a man whistling at his wife in Cali. The man reportedly came home drunk around 5AM and set fire to his house in a drunken rage...
Fire destroys displacement camp in northeastern Colombia
A fire displaced at least 1,000 people who were living in the old cellars of the national railway in the northeastern Colombian city of Bucaramanga. “It appears that people were injured when they tried to enter to save...
Fire destroys 74 houses in western Colombia
A fire destroyed at least 74 houses in the western Colombia on Monday, reported local media. The fire started in a suburb of the city of Tado, located in the department of Choco, after a gas cylinder exploded. No one was killed...
Up to 15 injured in Bogota jail fire
Up to 15 prisoners were injured in a fire in a Bogota jail, reported Colombian media Friday. The fire allegedly occurred in southern Bogota’s La Picota National Prison during the course of a fight, when one inmate poured...
Wildfire burns 1,235 acres in central Colombia
A forest fire has so far destroyed over 1,235 acres of woodland between the municipalities of Ibague and Espinal in the central Colombian department of Tolima, an Interior Ministry official announced Thursday. The Director of...
Navy boat fire kills 3, 1 missing
Three Navy personnel died on Monday during a fire on a gunboat in the southwest Colombia department of Putumayo, reports El Espectador. According to authorities, the fire apparently broke out in the engine room of the boat in...
3 children killed in house fire
Three children aged under 10 died, and their mother remains in a critical condition, after a fire at their home in Caqueta, southern Colombia, reports radio station Caracol. The father of the victims, Jose Yesid Alvarez,...
