Malaysia Aug 15 2017 “Factories”
Factory’s burning sawdust pits greet DoE inspection team
Updated: 2017-08-15
BUKIT MERTAJAM: The sawdust pits were still burning at the illegal carbon filter-processing factory in Sungai Lembu here as authorities moved in to shut it down.
A six-member Department of Environment (DoE) team went to th… More >
Malaysia Aug 14 2017 “Houses”
Wildfire near Athens damages homes and forces residents to flee
Updated: 2017-08-14 06:27
Athens (Reuters) - A wildfire close to a village near Athens has damaged dozens of houses and caused people to flee their homes, officials said on Monday.
More than 150 firefighters with 50 fire engines and th… More >
Malaysia Aug 13 2017 “Automobile & Railway”
Couple injured after car catches fire in Tapah
Updated: 2017-08-13 12:18
TAPAH: A couple suffered burns after their car crashed and ignited at KM336 northbound of the North South Expressway, near here.
Tapah OCPD Supt Som Sak Din Keliaw said the driver of the Proton Exora, Ooi Chee Kwang, 35, and h… More >
Singapore Aug 12 2017 “Apartment houses”
CTE Havelock Road exit closed after car catches fire in tunnel; driver unhurt
Updated: 2017-08-12 19:47
SINGAPORE - A car caught fire in a tunnel on the Central Expressway on Saturday (Aug 12) evening, leading to the closure of the Havelock Road exit.
Dark smoke could be seen billowing out of the C… More >
Singapore Aug 12 2017 “Automobile & Railway”
Car catches fire in SLE accident; 2 people injured
Updated: 2017-08-12 00:08
SINGAPORE - Two people were injured in an accident involving at least two vehicles along the Seletar Expressway (SLE) early on Saturday (Aug 12) morning.
It occurred along the SLE towards Bukit Timah Expressway, at the sli… More >
Singapore Aug 11 2017 “Houses”
Residents evacuated safely after fire breaks out in Aljunied flat; Tin Pei Ling thanks SCDF, police
Updated: 2017-08-11 18:26
SINGAPORE - A fire broke out at a Housing Board flat in Aljunied on Thursday (Aug 10), resulting in residents being evacuated and the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) br… More >
Indonesia Aug 11 2017 “Forest”
Desperately fighting fires: The Jakarta Post
Updated: 2017-08-11 06:58
JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN) - For the umpteenth time fires have burned our forests and peatland, posing threats not only to people in the vicinity but also to our relationships with our neighbours because of the cross-border … More >
Malaysia Aug 09 2017 “Building”
Vehicles razed in hotel fire
Updated: 2017-08-09
GUESTS of a hotel in Siam Road, Penang, fled the building when a fire in its storeroom triggered the alarm.
Many of them rushed out of their rooms in their pyjamas in the incident which occurred at about 4.30am yesterday.
A hotel employee, who declin… More >
Malaysia Aug 09 2017 “Automobile & Railway”
Two die as vehicle bursts into flames after crash in Johor
Updated: 2017-08-09 11:43
PONTIAN: Two people were burnt to death and two others injured in an accident involving two vehicles at KM51 along Jalan Johor Baru-Bandar Pontian here.
Pontian OCPD Supt Zakaria Abd Rahman said police have yet to … More >
Malaysia Aug 08 2017 “Factories”
Bandar Seri Damansara factories damaged in blaze
Updated: 2017-08-08 20:20
PETALING JAYA: A row of semi-detached factories was partly destroyed in a fire in Bandar Seri Damansara.
It is believed that the fire broke out at around 2pm on Tuesday.
Selangor Fire and Rescue Department assistant director… More >