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Twenty-three people are killed and five others are injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck on the BR-373 near Ipiranga, Paraná, Brazil.
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In Short: At least 23 people were killed and five others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck on BR-373 near Ipiranga, Paraná, Brazil, according to AP News.
At least 23 people were killed and five others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck on BR-373 near Ipiranga, Paraná, Brazil, according to AP News. Nine people have been confirmed dead but the toll could rise, police told the Press Trust of India news agency.
Those killed included two women and a four-year-old child, police said. The four-year-old child and eight other people killed in the incident have been identified as Bangladeshi nationals who had come to India for medical treatment, the Fire Department said.
In a related incident, a fire broke out in a five-story building that houses several hotels in Kolkata, West Bengal, India, killing at least nine people and injuring six others in the early hours of Wednesday. Five fire engines were deployed to bring the blaze under control, while police and disaster management teams carried out rescue operations.
The state government issued closure notices to 15 hotels near the temple for allegedly operating without fire licences, and West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari expressed 'shock and anguish' over the incident and announced the formation of a five-member Special Investigation Team to conduct a comprehensive inquiry.
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Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is also the world's fifth-largest country by area and the seventh-largest by population, with over 214 million people.
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- Nine people have been confirmed dead but the toll could rise, police told the Press Trust of India news agency. (AP video: Bikas Das) NEW DELHI (AP) — A fire broke out in a five-story building that houses several…
- Those killed included two women and a four-year-old child, police said.
- Five fire engines were deployed to bring the blaze under control, while police and disaster management teams carried out rescue operations, the report said.
- The four-year-old child and eight other people killed in the blaze have been identified as Bangladeshi nationals who had come to India for medical treatment, the Fire Department said.
- West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari expressed "shock and anguish" over the incident and announced the formation of a five-member Special Investigation Team to conduct a comprehensive inquiry.
- The state government issued closure notices to 15 hotels near the temple for allegedly operating without fire licences.