Qatar’s Hamad International Airport to hold emergency drill today
HIA did not specify the timing of the drill, but said it would be conducted at its main Terminal Building.
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Five ways to prevent fires at home during Qatar summers
According to the Ministry of Interior (MOI), home blazes are often caused by "negligence, high temperatures and lack of knowledge on preventive measures."
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Two years on, no recourse for baby burned in Qatar villa fire
The family of a baby severely injured in an A/C fire at a villa in Doha in 2014 say they are still fighting for compensation more than two years after the incident.
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Two more men die of injuries from Qatar labor camp fire
The men died on Sunday, sources close to the incident told Doha News. No information has yet been released on their nationalities or ages.
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Questions about labor camp safety raised after deadly Qatar fire
The men who died were employed to work on the Hilton Beach Resort, a new massive waterfront resort roughly 100km outside of Doha that is expected to open by the end of 2019.
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New Civil Defense Council formed to manage Qatar’s emergency response
One of the major changes contained in Law No. 25 for the year 2015 involves shifting responsibilities from the Ministry of Interior to a newly established Civil Defense Council, local media reports state.
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Single mother cautions Doha residents after A/C unit fire scorches home
The community should ensure that their A/Cs are regularly serviced, especially during the summer months, and promptly make landlords aware of any problems with the units, said one woman who recently escaped a fire in her flat.
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Donations sought after hundreds displaced in Qatar labor camp fire
The cause of the blaze, which broke out in Sailiya camp 19 between 11am and 11:30am on Friday, is still under investigation. But one of the men living there told Doha News that it was sparked by an electrical fault.
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PHOTOS: Civil Defense to install small fire trucks inside Qatar malls
The new fire trucks will be permanently present inside of shopping complexes and will be used by security personnel in the event of fires until Civil Defense teams reach the site of a blaze.
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