Thousands flee fire in Moscow shopping centre

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Firefighters still battling to subdue fire at Glasgow fruit market

More than 400 workers evacuated after blaze took hold at around 4am and quickly spread through the building

The fire took hold at Blochairn fruit market in eastern Glasgow at around 4am on Thursday, just as suppliers, traders and customers were starting work. It spread quickly through offices on its upper floor.

At the height of the blaze, the Scottish fire and rescue service was using 12 appliances and four aerial firefighting platforms, and it is still trying to subdue the flames.

One theory is that a fridge caught fire, with local residents and workers at the site hearing loud bangs as gas bottles exploded. Speed restrictions were imposed on the M8 motorway nearby, but later lifted.

Donald Neilson, a fish merchant who witnessed the blaze, told the BBC: “It really was like a raging inferno through there at the far end. I ran back in and shouted to our staff, ‘Everybody get out right now’.”

More than 400 people who work at the market were evacuated and there were no reported casualties. However, the blaze is expected to disrupt supplies of fruit, vegetables, meat and fish for hundreds of shops, restaurants and cafes in the Glasgow area and western Scotland.

Source: Firefighters still battling to subdue fire at Glasgow fruit market | UK news | The Guardian

At least 17 injured in Little Rock nightclub shooting, police say

Police in Little Rock, Arkansas said on Saturday they were investigating a shooting at a nightclub that left at least 17 people injured.

Police said via Twitter that the shooting happened early Saturday morning at the Power Ultra Lounge, apparently following a dispute at a concert. Little Rock police chief Kenton Buckner told KTHV that the shooting appeared to have happened following “some sort of dispute broke out between people inside”.

Police said they did not “believe this incident was an active shooter or terror related incident”. All 17 shooting victims were alive, police said, and one victim who was previously listed in critical condition was now stable

The club is in downtown Little Rock, about one mile east of the state capitol…

Source: At least 17 injured in Little Rock nightclub shooting, police say | US news | The Guardian

BREAKING: Boko Haram plot to attack US and UK embassies is foiled

BREAKING NEWS:

Nigeria says it has foiled a plot by ISIS-linked Boko Haram militants to attack British and United States embassies.

Five suspected members of the Islamist militant group based in Benue state, in the country’s middle belt, have been arrested over plans to strike the two consulates in the capital Abuja.

Police say the terror cell had ‘perfected plans’ to attack the two headquarters and ‘other western interests’.

Source: Boko Haram plot to attack US and UK embassies is foiled | Daily Mail Online