East Medinipur (Purba Medinipur) is a coastal district in West Bengal. It now faces a petrochemical fire incident that injured workers, underscoring industrial and public-safety challenges in the region.
Two separate firefighting operations are underway after a naphtha-pipeline blaze in West Bengal and a large forest fire near Müritz National Park, Germany, driven by record heat. Firefighters report injuries in the West Bengal incident, while German teams are battling a wildfire in a contaminated site with a 1,000-metre security perimeter.