Nepal Mar 19 2016 “Factories” “Houses”
Fires gut property worth Rs 1.8 million
Updated: 2016-03-19 09:58
NEPALGUNJ: Property worth around Rs 12 million was reduced to ashes when a fire broke out at a cotton factory in Basantapur of Nepalgunj Municipality-7 on Saturday.
According to police Inspector Ram Bahadur Chand, the fire that brok… More >
China Mar 19 2016 “Automobile & Railway”
At least five dead in tanker truck explosion in central China
Updated: 2016-03-20 07:55
CHANGSHA -- Five people died and twenty others were injured after a truck exploded on a highway on Saturday in central China's Hunan province, according to local authorities.
The truck suspected to be loaded wit… More >
India Mar 18 2016 “Factories”
Fire at two-storey cooler factory in Hasanpura
Updated: 2016-03-19-04:27
Panic gripped Hasanpura area when a major fire broke out at a two-storey cooler manufacturing factory on Friday morning. The fire broke out at the ground floor, soon reaching the second floor, leaving a labourer and his family… More >
Thailand Mar 18 2016 “Forest”
Kaeng Krachan park fire under control
Updated: 2016-03-18-16:35
A firefighter makes a firebreak to control a forest fire in the Kaeng Krachan National Park in Phetchaburi province on Friday.
A big bush fire was brought under control on Friday after destroying about 1,000 rai of a forest in t… More >
Myanmar Mar 18 2016 “Houses”
Fire destroys 182 houses in Magwey
Updated: 2016-03-18
A fire destroyed 182 houses in Nyaung Pin Tha village, Magwey town on 16 March. The accident happened around 1pm when Daw Win Mar left the cowshed, not putting out the fire. The fire was brought under control by the firemen with the help of nei… More >
Brunei Mar 18 2016 “Houses”
Man admits throwing TVs into river, setting house on fire
Updated: 2016-03-18
A 27-YEAR-OLD man yesterday admitted to causing damage and setting fire to a house.
Mohammad Shahrin bin Awang Zaini, who will be sentenced on Monday, faces five years’ jail and two strokes of the cane for mischief by … More >
Bangladesh Mar 18 2016 “Apartment houses”
Banani building catches fire, gas leak suspected
Updated: 2016-03-18-16:08
An apartment building at Dhaka’s Banani has been damaged in a fire that residents suspect was caused by a leaking Titas gas line.
People living in the six-storey building said an explosion woke them up in the early hours … More >
Malaysia Mar 18 2016 “Houses”
Boy Burns To Death In Miri House Fire
Updated: 2016-03-18 12:00
MIRI, March 18 (Bernama) -- A 10-year-old boy was burnt to death in a fire at a two-storey house in Jalan Padang Kerbau, Kampung Pujut, early today.
Miri Fire and Rescue Department chief, Law Poh Kong said the victim in the 6 am fire … More >
Vietnam Mar 17 2016 “Forest”
800 mobilised to stamp out forest fire
Updated: 2016-03-18-00:00
File photo of firefighters trying to stamp out a forest fire in the north.
A forest fire broke out today in northern mountainous Yên Bái Province’s Nậm Có Commune, vice chairman of the Mù Căng Chải District’s People’s Committee Lê T… More >
Philippines Mar 17 2016 “Automobile & Railway”
Body of “foreign national” found inside burnt car
Updated: 2016-03-18-00:00
Police are still trying to determine the identity of a person found dead inside a burned car in Barangay Busay, Cebu City, yesterday. According to unconfirmed reports the victim is a foreigner.
A charred body, believed to… More >