Forum on Fire Safety in Asia (FFSA)

Car catches fire at Depot Road carpark; SCDF investigating Updated: 2019-04-30 SINGAPORE - The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) is investigating after a car caught fire while parked at a multi-storey carpark near Block 104C Depot Road on Monday (April 29). Footage of the incident was uplo...More >

Wildfire destroys a dozen community forests in Dhankuta Updated: 2018-03-25 10:25 Property worth Rs 20 million have been reduced to ashes in the last two weeks after a wildfire spread to 13 different community forests of Dhankuta due to human error. One person has lost his life in the wildfire ...More >

Property worth Rs 2.5mln destroyed in Udayapur fire Updated: 2018-03-25 13:26 GHAIGHAT, UDAYAPUR: Property worth around Rs 2.5 million were destroyed in a fire that broke out in Chaudandi Municpality-10 of Udayapur district on Sunday morning. The fire that started from the house belonging to Ga...More >

Fire guts house, cow shed in Saptari Updated: 2018-03-25 13:46 RAJBIRAJ: Property worth around Rs 300,000 was destroyed in a fire that gutted a house in Govindapur of Chinnamasta Rural Municipality-3 in Saptari district on Saturday night. The fire that started from the kitchen of the house belo...More >

Fire turns eight houses into ashes Updated: 2018-03-24 12:46 GAUSHALA: A fire that broke out at Rauja Bazaar in Mahottari district on Friday night has burnt eight shops to the ground. Property worth Rs 450,000 were gutted when the fire broke out at the cosmetic shops in Rauja Bazaar, Loharpatti...More >

Para-archer rescued after fire starts outside his flat Updated: 2018-03-23 05:00 National para-archer Alex Lim, 24, was taken to hospital after items, including a motorised wheelchair, caught fire along the common corridor of his flat in North Bridge Road. The fire happened on the seventh store...More >

One dies while trying to douse fire Updated: 2018-03-23 12:50 BHOJPUR: A person has lost his life in an attempt to douse fire that had started in a community forest at Ilame Thalakham in Shahidbhumi of Dhankuta district, on Thursday. The deceased has been identified as 50-year-old local Benu Pr...More >

15 hurt after fire breaks out on yacht at Sentosa Cove Updated: 2018-03-23 05:00 One victim in serious condition and an infant suffered injuries to face; cause of blaze under probe Ang Tian Tian Two women and an infant were injured after a fire broke out on a yacht at ONE°15 Marina Club at Sen...More >

8-hour battle to put out blaze at Kranji warehouse Updated: 2018-03-23 05:00 Firefighters took eight hours to put out an early morning blaze, involving piles of waste materials, that broke out in an industrial warehouse in Kranji yesterday. The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), which was al...More >

Property worth Rs 40,000 destroyed in fire at Kapan paper factory Updated: 2018-03-22 16:35 KATHMANDU: Property worth Rs 40,000 was gutted in a fire at a paper factory in Kapan, Kathmandu, on Thursday afternoon. Valuables including Nepali papers, and raw materials among others were destroyed in...More >

Oil storage tank fire put out in 6 hours Updated: 2018-03-22 05:00 An intense blaze involving an oil storage tank was quelled around midnight on Tuesday after a six-hour firefighting operation involving several agencies. There were no reported casualties from the fire that broke out just before...More >

Property worth Rs 4 lakh gutted in Bhojpur house fire Updated: 2018-03-21 13:32 BHOJPUR: Property worth around Rs 400,000 were gutted when a house was engulfed in flames in Odhare area of Bhojpur Municipality-4 in Bhojpur district on Tuesday. A house made of mud and stone belonging to one Hasta...More >

Fire damages Swiss Embassy in Seoul Updated: 2018-03-21 16:12 Fire damaged the Swiss Embassy in Seoul Tuesday night. Firefighters said Wednesday the fire started on the building's second floor terrace about 8:28 p.m. and damaged a wall and construction materials. There were no casualties. Fir...More >

2 injured in Sundhara Gulab Restaurant fire Updated: 2018-03-21 18:23 KATHMANDU: At least two persons sustained injuries after a fire broke out at a restaurant near Bag Durbar in Sundhara, Kathmandu on Wednesday evening, police said. Speaking to THT Online over the phone police official at the ...More >

Man taken to hospital for smoke inhalation after car catches fire in Shunfu carpark Updated: 2018-03-19 18:05 SINGAPORE - A man was taken to hospital for smoke inhalation after a car caught fire in a multistorey carpark in Shunfu on Monday (March 19). The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) to...More >

Early morning fire razes Woodlands flat; no one injured Updated: 2018-03-19 10:21 SINGAPORE - An early morning blaze occurred in the bedroom of a Woodlands flat on Sunday (March 18) and left the unit badly damaged, though no one was injured. The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it was ...More >

Property destroyed in three separate fire incidents in Saptari Updated: 2018-03-18 13:29 RAJBIRAJ: Property worth around Rs 2 million were destroyed in three separate incidents of fire in Saptari district on Saturday. A fire at the hardware store belonging to local Dinanath Rauniyar at Phattepu...More >

Fire guts Molasses mill in Kapilvastu Updated: 2018-03-18 13:49 KATHMANDU: Property worth around Rs 300,000 were destroyed in a fired that destroyed a molasses mill in Krishnanagar Municipality-9 of Kapilvastu district on Saturday. According to police, the fire that broke out in the Mahesh Mola...More >

Fire destroys entire settlement in Sunsari Updated: 2018-03-18 11:52 ITAHARI: Property worth around Rs 6 million were destroyed in a fire that gutted the entire Ikrahi settlement in Baraha Kshetra Municipality-11 of Sunsari district on Saturday night. The fire gutted 82 houses made with corruga...More >

50 evacuated after Leedon Residence unit catches fire Updated: 2018-03-18 05:00 A fire broke out at the Leedon Residence condominium near Farrer Road yesterday morning, with residents evacuated from the affected block. The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) told The Sunday Times that it recei...More >