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A helicopter has smashed into the roof of a hotel in Cairns City, leading to massive evacuations in the vicinity.

Residents spent a night in a local leisure centre as firefighters tackled a massive fire around their homes. A boy aged 12 has been arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life.

in Britain outside a dance workshop, three dates of have been canceled due to a threat of terrorism.Swift was scheduled to perform for three nights—August 8, 9 and 10—in Vienna, Austria, before a plot to attack the concert venue was discovered on August 6. The investigation included the evacuation of part of a Vienna neighborhood and the discovery of “chemical substances,” which are currently being tested.

Peggy Gou‘s Seoul Boiler Room set has reportedly been shut down by the police over fears of crowd crushing.The Boiler Room event, which was held at Seoul’s SFactory last Saturday (July 27), was evacuated between “between 12:30AM and 12:40AM” before the South Korean DJ was due to headline the stage, according to reports from Mixmag.Elkka, Jyoty, and Soichi Terada were also due to play the event.In added reports from Korea Times, emergency services received reports of overcrowding during the event, whereupon 11 fire engines and 42 firefighters were sent to the venue. Five people were reportedly treated for breathing difficulties, but no casualties or serious injuries have been recorded.A witness told Mixmag that there were crowd control issues before the DJ was due to headline, saying that the immense mass of people trying to see her on the third floor of the venue was “causing a jam.”Despite efforts from the venue to use a one-way system or creating passages for concertgoers to use separate staircases, the witness claimed fans began “cramming” the one way system, creating a bottleneck.The witness also added that it was “35 degrees outside and the humidity level was around 80%, we were in a tropical state.

The UK Foreign Office has issued a dire warning to Brits in Lebanon, with an urgent message saying "get out now" and cautioning "do not rely on us to evacuate you".

Manchester City's pre-season friendly vs Barcelona was delayed as a weather warning and thunderstorm sent fans sheltering under stands in Orlando.

Comic-Con activation for the HBO series ”The Penguin,” causing the venue to be evacuated on Friday evening. The alarm was sounded in the midst of the press preview for the activation. Members of the media, including reporters from Variety, were escorted outside by officials at roughly 7:30 PM.

UPDATED with HBO venue reopening to staff: The HBO “Penguin Lounge” activation in San Diego’s Gaslamp district has reopened to staff, about 90 minutes after being evacuated due to a structure fire in a nearby building.

A Scots man reportedly had to grab his dog and jump onto a mattress to escape a ferocious flat fire at the property below.

Coronation Street viewers were left heartbroken on Wednesday (July 24) as Paul Foreman faced another tragic setback. Diagnosed with motor neurone disease last year, Paul's health has been rapidly declining in recent months.

Manchester City are back in the USA for their latest pre-season tour, two years after their last trip Stateside.

Fans were evacuated prior to Manchester City's friendly vs Celtic around 90 minutes before kick off in North Carolina.

Today, after a number of mostly spot fires throughout the region in recent weeks, Los Angeles finds itself partially ringed by blazes: one in La Tuna Canyon, two more in the Angeles National Forest, one in Redlands, another one to the north near Palmdale and a sixth — the largest in the state this year — continuing to burn inland from Santa Barbara.

An Amazon delivery van crashed into a Kilmarnock block of flats last night.

The Forum Centre in Wythenshawe was evacuated this morning after 'threats were made' to the centre.

A man was arrested after an attack on a busy town centre street in Oldham.

EXCLUSIVE: Saffron Hocking (Top Boy) is the newest addition to the cast of Fuze, the race-against-the-clock thriller that Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Theo James are leading for director David Mackenzie (Hell or High Water).

The King and Queen were swiftly evacuated from an open-air event in Jersey today following a security alert.

The Lake Fire in Santa Barbara County has grown to 37,742 acres, but its containment has now risen to 20%.

Residents have been evacuated after a fire ripped through a home in Inverness this morning.

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office issued new evacuation orders and warnings today for the Lake Fire, which has grown to more than 34,000 acres overnight and remains at 16 percent containment.