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Over 1,000 firefighters, planes, helicopters battle wildfires in Portugal’s Castelo Branco region; one civilian seriously injured
•Planes and helicopters joined more than a thousand firefighters in central Portugal Sunday to battle huge wildfires in a mountainous region where over 100 people died in huge blazes in 2017
Washington D.C. flood: Boats deployed to rescue stranded motorists; rainwater enters White House basement
•A slow-moving rainstorm Monday washed out roads, stranded drivers and soaked basements, including the White House's, during a chaotic morning commute in the national capital region
California bar shooting: Ex-marine Ian David Long appears to have acted alone, too early to identify motive, says FBI
•The gunman, identified by police as 28-year-old Ian David Long, was found dead of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound following the Wednesday night massacre at the Borderline Bar and Grill in Thousand Oaks, a suburb 40 miles (64 km) northwest of Los Angeles, law enforcement officials said.
13 killed, 10 injured in California shooting: Gunman identified as 28-year-old Marine veteran Ian David Long
Fp Staff •The shooting took place at the Borderline Bar & Grill in the city of Thousand Oaks, Ventura County, in Southern California.
Kamala Mills fire occurred due to wrong policies of previous Congress-NCP govt, says Devendra Fadnavis
•Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis blamed wrong policies of the previous government for the Kamala Mills Compound fire in Mumbai, and announced a probe into the alleged procedural lapses in the redevelopment of the mill land.
Kamala Mills fire: Bombay HC orders setting up of independent panel to 'avoid repetition of such incidents'
•The Bombay High Court on Friday ordered setting up of a three-member committee, led by a retired high court judge, to probe into the Kamala Mills fire incident that claimed 14 lives in December, 2017.
Kamala Mills fire: BMC informs Bombay HC there is no need for judicial inquiry, says civic body is already probing matter
•The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) told the Bombay High Court on Thursday that there was no need for judicial inquiry into the fire at two restaurants in Kamala Mills compound last year.
Kamala Mills fire: Congress delegation meets Governor Vidyasagar Rao to demand CBI probe, BMC chief's suspension
•The Congress in Maharashtra on Tuesday demanded a CBI probe into the Kamala Mills Compound fire and suspension of BMC commissioner Ajoy Mehta over the incident that resulted in the death of 14 people in December, 2017.
Kamala Mills fire: Mojo's Bistro co-owner Yug Tulli refused anticipatory bail by Mumbai sessions court
•A sessions court on Friday rejected the anticipatory bail application of Yug Tulli, the absconding co-owner of the Mojo's Bistro pub, in the Kamala Mills fire case.
Kamala Mills fire: Mojo's Bistro owner Yug Pathak arrested; Rs 1 lakh reward for information on absconding 1Above owners
Fp Staff •The Mumbai Police arrested Mojo's Bistro owner Yug Pathak on Saturday, a day after a BMC report Police revealed that the Kamala Mills fire actually originated at the high-end pub