The deadliest came in July 1991, when all 261 on board a Nigerian Airways airliner died after its landing gear caught fire shortly after takeoff in Saudi Arabia en route to Nigeria, and the plane went down.

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The fire service used winches and cutting gear to rescue him from the wrecked cab.

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In my hunger to free my heart, I suited up in firefighting gear and went back into a "controlled" fire to face and heal my fears of fire as an adult, not as a scared little girl trapped with the beast in my grandparents' basement years ago.

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Teams from the army, the fire service and border guards are still working around the clock at the site to find survivors, using heavy lifting gear, tools and their bare hands.

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