The container vessel Maersk Cincinnati was forced to berth at the port of Richards Bay after smoke was detected in one of its cargo holds, both the South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) and the vessel’s owners confirmed. According to a statement from A.P. Moller-Maersk’s Senior...
Max Lakkonen, president of the International Water Mist Association (IWMA) has announced that the 24th International Water Mist Conference (#IWMC2025) will take place in Manchester, UK, on the 24th and 25th September 2025 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. The event schedule is now available on the...
Integrated Fire Technology (IFT), the new trading name of Fogmaker South Africa, has boosted its fire suppression line-up with the addition of QTEC fire suppression solutions, having secured the distribution rights for the supply of this premium brand’s low-pressure foam spray system in Southern Africa...
Fifteen crew members have been rescued from the offshore supply vessel (OSV) AM Pride after it caught fire off the coast of South Africa. The fire, which began in the messroom, quickly escalated out of control on the Marshall Islands-registered vessel, located approximately 48.5 nautical miles...
Blackline Safety Corp announced the launch of a next-generation connected area monitor that advances gas detection and early hazard identification for companies and first responders, providing organisations and communities with unprecedented protection. The new EXO 8 portable area monitor, which is to be unveiled on September...
Johnson Controls announced the release of SafeLINC, a cloud-based data-hosting infrastructure that gives users the power to remotely access and gather actionable data from their entire suite of FireClass fire alarm control panels. SafeLINC provides users with a cloud-connected gateway and a cloud application platform accessible via...
Parents are anxiously waiting for news after a fire at Hillside Endarasha Academy in central Kenya killed 17 children, with 70 still unaccounted for. Some missing pupils may have escaped into the local community or been picked up by parents without the school's knowledge. The cause of...
Three students were injured in a fire at a girls' boarding school in central Kenya's Isiolo town on Saturday 07 September, according to the Red Cross. This incident followed the tragic deaths of at least 21 children in a fire at a boarding school in Nyeri,...
In a damning report released yesterday, the public inquiry into the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire in London has attributed the catastrophic blaze, which claimed 72 lives, to a series of systemic failures by government bodies, the construction industry, and the manufacturers of flammable cladding materials. The...
Five members of a family tragically died in a house fire in the early hours of Wednesday morning in Gqeberha. Police spokesperson Captain Sandra Janse van Rensburg reported that the fire began around midnight. "SAPS Algoa Park responded to a report of a house on fire at...