Malaysia Dec 13 2017 “Building”
Kajang nursing home not registered with Welfare department
Updated: 2017-12-13 14:59
PETALING JAYA: The Welfare Department confirmed it has no records of registration by Noble Care Home in Kajang where five people died in a fire early Wednesday.
Its public relations officer Raja Othman Raja Ibrahim… More >
China Dec 13 2017 “Houses”
Beijing house fire kills 5
Updated: 2017-12-13 08:27
BEIJING, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- Five people were killed and eight others injured after a residential house caught fire in Chaoyang District, Beijing, on Wednesday morning.
The fire broke out at 1:18 a.m. in a village house in Shibalidian Township, a… More >
Nepal Dec 12 2017 “Stores”
Fire guts property worth Rs 8mln in Bhaktapur
Updated: 2017-12-12 16:08
KATHMANDU: Property worth around Rs 8 million was destroyed in a fire that gutted a furniture store in Baniyatar of Tokha Municipality-8 in Bhaktapur district on Tuesday, said police.
According to police, the furniture store be… More >
Korea Dec 11 2017 “Other”
South Korea Bitcoin 'mine' catches fire
Updated: 2017-12-11 17:37
A Bitcoin "mine" in South Korea suffered minor damage on Friday when a fire started in a room crammed with Bitcoin servers, police said Monday.
The fire happened in a basement room of a motel in Gangneung, Gangwon Province, at 12:30 … More >
China Dec 11 2017 “Building”
Six die in north China's bath center fire
Updated: 2017-12-11 10:09
SHIJIAZHUANG, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- Six people have been confirmed dead after a bath center in Handan City, north China's Hebei Province, caught fire on Sunday.
A government work group responsible for probing the fire said on Monday … More >
Singapore Dec 10 2017 “Other”
Fire breaks out at Shell's Pulau Bukom unit; no injuries reported
Updated: 2017-12-10 17:38
SINGAPORE: A fire broke out on Sunday (Dec 10) at a Shell facility in Pulau Bukom at about 10am, a Shell spokesperson confirmed, adding that the fire was extinguished by firefighters at the site.
No injuries… More >
China Dec 10 2017 “Houses”
8 killed in South China fire
Updated: 2017-12-10 13:00
GUANGZHOU - Eight people have been killed in a fire in Haifeng county of South China's Guangdong province, local authorities said Sunday.
The fire broke out in a community in Gongping Township at 3:30 am Saturday. It was put out around 5:30 am,… More >
China Dec 09 2017 “Other”
Two dead, 7 trapped in China industrial park explosion
Updated: 2017-12-09 16:08
NANJING -- Two people died and seven remain trapped after an explosion rocked a plant at an industrial park in East China's Jiangsu province early on Saturday.
The explosion occurred at around 2:20 am at a workshop of … More >
Indonesia Dec 08 2017 “Other”
Gembrong Lama Market engulfed in flames
Updated: 2017-12-08 14:10
Twenty stalls and one church in Gembrong Lama Market, Johar Baru, Central Jakarta, caught fire on Friday at 3:30 a.m. The cause of the fire was reportedly a short circuit.
The fire was extinguished at 7:30 a.m. after the Central Jaka… More >
Indonesia Dec 08 2017 “Houses”
Four killed, two injured in East Manggarai house fire
Updated: 2017-12-08 18:49
Fire razed a house in the early hours of Friday in East Manggarai regency, East Nusa Tenggara, claiming four lives and injuring two.
The fire killed four out of six residents in the house located in Kampung Bealaing, Ba… More >