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Spain's king and queen led a funeral mass in Toledo on 10 November for the 69 people killed in the Urda rail crash of 28 October, as the death toll from a 9 November explosion at Turkiye's HABAS steel plant in Aliaga rose to at least 17, with six people detained over the blast. A fire that broke out late on 9 November destroyed most of an 8,000-square-metre electronics recycling plant in Logatec, near Ljubljana, though no injuries were reported.
Other serious incidents this week included a car that mounted a footpath in Dun Laoghaire, Dublin, injuring 8 people including 7 teenagers, on 8 November, and a fire in a Guadarrama apartment block near Madrid that killed 1 person and injured 11, including 4 children, the same day. A fire at Zurich's federal asylum centre forced the evacuation of more than 100 people and hospitalised 4 on 9 November. Road accidents also caused multiple deaths: 9 people died when a truck and minibus collided in eastern Turkiye on 8 November, and 2 died and 33 were injured when a Serbian coach overturned near Ivanic-Grad, Croatia.
Updated by the ECTV Crisis Desk, based on 24 verified stories from the past seven days.
ECTV has published 22 verified stories on fires & accidents in the past seven days, 1 of them still live. The most recent, updated 12 November 2026: Putin proposes Kostiantynivka ceasefire modelled on Oleshky evacuation.
President Vladimir Putin proposed a five-day ceasefire and joint humanitarian operation in Kostiantynivka on Thursday, modelled on an earlier evacuation in Oleshky, as Ukraine voiced caution.
4 independent sources · 98% confidencePolice closed Hyndland Road in Glasgow's west end on Tuesday afternoon after a car struck several pedestrians, injuring 8 people.
4 independent sources · 98% confidenceSpain's king and queen led Tuesday's funeral mass in Toledo for the 69 killed in the Urda rail crash on 28 October; PM Pedro Sanchez stayed away.
4 independent sources · 98% confidenceAbout 150 firefighters battled a blaze that engulfed most of an electronics recycling plant in Logatec, near Ljubljana, after it broke out on Monday night.
9 independent sources · 98% confidenceFlames spread from a barn to a home in the Primsweiler district of Schmelz, in Germany's Saarland, late on Monday, but residents escaped unhurt, police said.
3 independent sources · 83% confidenceA lorry carrying straw caught fire on the A2 near Helmstedt; resurfacing about 250 square metres of burnt road is expected to cost up to €80,000.
3 independent sources · 88% confidenceA fire broke out at a federal asylum centre in Zurich on Monday evening, forcing the evacuation of more than 100 people and sending four to hospital.
6 independent sources · 98% confidenceThe death toll from Monday's explosion at the HABAŞ steel plant near İzmir has risen to 17, up from the 16 confirmed earlier by President Erdoğan.
61 independent sources · 98% confidenceA fire at a meat-processing plant in Rheda-Wiedenbrück, Germany, caused damage estimated in the millions of euros, German media reported.
3 independent sources · 88% confidenceA car struck 7 teenage pedestrians and its driver, injuring 8 people in total, after mounting a footpath in Dún Laoghaire, Dublin, on Sunday, Gardai said.
6 independent sources · 98% confidenceA fire tore through two houses in Chiajna, near Bucharest, on Sunday, with five people treated for burns or panic attacks, firefighters said.
4 independent sources · 97% confidenceFirefighters contained a fire that burned five disused railway wagons at a depot in Sarajevo's Rajlovac district on Sunday; nobody was hurt, officials said.
5 independent sources · 98% confidenceA fire in a ground-floor flat in Guadarrama, Madrid region, killed 1 person, a 62-year-old man, and injured 11 others, including 4 children, emergency services said.
3 independent sources · 83% confidenceA Serbian tour bus left a motorway near Ivanić-Grad, Croatia, and overturned on Sunday, killing 2 people and injuring 33, police said.
6 independent sources · 98% confidenceUkrainian officials in Washington said a six-day humanitarian ceasefire in Oleshky could serve as a model for verifying a wider truce with Russia.
5 independent sources · 98% confidenceA bus travelling from Lyon to Bourg-en-Bresse veered off the road and hit a tree in the Ain region on Friday, killing 2 and injuring 16, officials said.
10 independent sources · 98% confidence9 people died and 5 were injured when a truck and a minibus collided on a rain-slicked road in Van province, officials said.
4 independent sources · 98% confidence3 people were injured when a tram, buses and cars collided in Lviv, according to local reports.
3 independent sources · 83% confidencePresident Zelensky honoured the US first lady for her reported contribution to the evacuation truce in Russian-occupied Oleshky.
6 independent sources · 88% confidenceAn officer and paramedic were hurt in Glasgow and a police vehicle was burned during disorder that led to seven arrests.
7 independent sources · 98% confidenceA bus carrying soldiers on leave collided with a car in Kankaanpää on Friday; later reports put the total injured at 14.
3 independent sources · 93% confidenceA light aircraft from Schleswig-Holstein caught fire after crashing on the A2 near Burg on Friday; the cause remained unknown as investigators examined the wreckage.
13 independent sources · 98% confidenceEducation officials say people carrying fireworks entered a Tournefeuille school and started a fire, prompting an evacuation.
6 independent sources · 98% confidenceA fire at the Delisi business centre interrupted Formula TV broadcasts and temporarily trapped newsroom workers.
3 independent sources · 88% confidenceParliament's Public Accounts Committee calls for a decision on restoration as repairs become more expensive.
4 independent sources · 98% confidenceTwo people died after a gas blast in an Elbasan apartment block; residents were evacuated as engineers assessed damage.
10 independent sources · 98% confidenceFour men went on trial in The Hague on Wednesday over a 2024 arson attack and explosion at a bridal-wear shop that killed 6 people.
4 independent sources · 98% confidenceA police van struck a cargo bike carrying two people in Rotterdam on Tuesday evening, seriously injuring both and prompting a trauma helicopter callout.
2 independent sources · 69% confidenceA group of pupils threw a firecracker into a changing room at a secondary school in Oberhausen, Germany, injuring 10 children, police say.
3 independent sources · 88% confidenceSpanish authorities have now formally identified all 69 people killed when two high-speed trains collided near Urda, Toledo, up from 66 identified earlier.
126 independent sources · 98% confidence