On Sunday night, 16 March, a fire broke out at a night club in North Macedonia resulting in 59 fatalities, while 155 people suffered injuries. Four of the patients are being airlifted from North Macedonia for treatment in Lithuania.
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The Consulate General of Lithuania based in Los Angeles has been evacuated as the wildfires continue to rage in the US second-largest city, according to its post on social media.
Vilnius Regional Prosecutor’s Office has decided to drop a pre-trial investigation into the fire that broke out in a block of flats in Viršuliškės neighbourhood in Vilnius in early January this year.
A series of arson attacks occurred in Vilnius on Sunday morning, 20 October, and a suspect was detained. Minister of National Defence Laurynas Kasčiūnas assured the public that the incidents were not linked to sabotage.
A man has been arrested on suspicion of hurling Molotov cocktails at police stations in Gargždai and Klaipėda on Monday.
Two of the Bolt’s electric scooters caught fire at an intersection in Kaunas on early Wednesday, the city’s fire and rescue service said. The e-scooter sharing platform suspects they were set on fire and plans to turn to the police.
Panevėžys Fire Brigade on early Tuesday morning extinguished the blaze in a local sawmill, a day after it caught fire.
On early Monday morning, 16 September, a sawmill caught fire in Panevėžys, Lithuania’s fifth largest city located in northern Lithuania.
Fire that erupted in Lapių landfill in Kaunas district on Tuesday was put out the same day.
On Tuesday, fires started in two blocks of flats in Utena, northeast Lithuania, and in a residential building in Vilnius.
On Tuesday afternoon, 16 July, a fire started at Pergalė confectionery plant in Vilnius city. The fire was localised and was not spreading. There were no reports of injuries.
The hangar at the Medininkai border checkpoint caught fire early Thursday as officers were checking a car carrying smuggled cigarettes from Belarus, Lithuanian Customs says.
Environmental authorities will look into how much pollutants were released into the environment after a fire broke out at a car scrap yard in Vilnius on Wednesday.
Vilnius residents have been asked to close their windows due to black smoke coming from a car scrap yard on fire.
Experts have concluded that a block of flats in Vilnius, which was ravaged by an explosion and a fire earlier this year, should undergo a major reconstruction. The findings were presented to the public at Vilnius City Municipality on Wednesday.
A second body was retrieved from the burnt out block of flats in Vilnius on Wednesday. On 2 January, several explosions and a fire occurred in the residential building where gas is used for cooking.
The Lithuanian Red Cross intends to launch a fund to raise money for people affected by the deadly blaze in Viršuliškės, neighbourhood in Vilnius. The move follows a number of public inquiries to help those left homeless after the fire.
Firefighters found no signs of alive people trapped in the apartment building under the fire upon arrival to the scene in Viršuliškės, says the Fire and Rescue Department (PAGD).
On Monday, 18 September, Lithuania’s fire stations received more than 40 new fire engines: 37 medium pumpers, 6 heavy pumpers and 4 turntable ladders.