Cameroon: Douala markets records 100 cases of fire incidents

The disclosure was made by the Civil Protection Commission after an evaluation tour to markets yesterday. Any talk about markets in metropolitan Douala quickly recalls disasters whose colossal losses have clung to memories over the years. As a consequence of fire outbursts commonly imputed to faulty electrical connections, little or nothing was known that lighted [...]

Morocco plane crash disaster kills 78 people

At least seventy-eight people have been reported dead after a Moroccan military aircraft crash into a mountain in the south of the country, the army says. The Moroccan C-130 Hercules aircraft crashed near Guelmim, just north of the disputed Western Sahara territory. The plane was travelling from Dakhla, in the Western Sahara, to Kinitra in [...]

Koeberg nuclear plant: evacuation plan?

Eleven years ago, experts warned that by 2015, it would take 19 hours to evacuate the increasingly populated 16-km-emergency evacuation zone around Koeberg nuclear power plant, according document: EMERGENCY EVACUATION MODELLING FOR THE KOEBERG NUCLEAR POWER STATION. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Tip on Hyves Share on Linkedin Share on technorati Tweet [...]

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