Philippines Aug 25 2015 “Houses”
Fire hurts 1, razes 35 houses
Updated: 2015-08-27-13:16
A man was injured while 60 families lost a total of 35 houses from a fire that struck Purok Lampirong at Barangay 2 in this city at 12:45 p.m. Tuesday.
Chief Inspector Publio Plotena, city fire marshal, identified the injured as Jimmy Pinongp… More >
Singapore Aug 25 2015 “Schools”
Fire involving solar car model breaks out at Singapore Polytechnic
Updated: 2015-08-25 12:30
SINGAPORE - A fire broke out at Singapore Polytechnic on Tuesday (Aug 25) at about 10.30am.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said that the fire involved a solar car model.
Three security office… More >
Myanmar Aug 24 2015 “Factories”
Police charge junior engineer over fire at MEC gas factory
Updated: 2015-08-24-12:00
Firefighters attempt to put out a blaze in a Yangon gas factory on August 21.
Three workers were injured in a subsequent fire that engulfed the Myanmar Economic Corporation factory in Botahtaung township. Nobody… More >
Nepal Aug 23 2015 “Houses”
Fire guts property worth Rs 2.5 million in Solukhumbu
Updated: 2015-08-24 12:20
SOLUKHUMBU: Property worth Rs 2.5 million was destroyed in a fire that broke out in a house at Kangel VDC-7 in Solukhumbu district on Sunday evening.
According to police, local Kul Kumar Basnet’s house was reduced to c… More >
Indonesia Aug 22 2015 “Forest”
Fires on Mount Lawu spread threatening historic temple
Updated: 2015-08-26 08:41
The forest fire on Mount Lawu, which is located in the border area of Central and East Java provinces, has further expanded, nearing the Candi Cetho temple and forcing the authorities to close the mountain to hiking a… More >
Indonesia Aug 22 2015 “Stores”
Fire reduces Medan’s oldest shopping mall to ashes
Updated: 2015-08-23 09:15
A fire razed seven-story Medan Plaza Center, the oldest shopping mall in the provincial capital of North Sumatra on Saturday, destroying dozens of shops, entertainment spots, including a cinema complex, and an Indonesian… More >
Nepal Aug 22 2015 “Warehouses”
Fire in clothes godown guts property worth Rs 2 mln in Sunsari
Updated: 2015-08-22 11:22
BHOJPUR: Property worth around Rs 2 million was reduced to ashes when a fire broke out at a clothes godown in Dharan Municipality-2 of Sunsari in the wee hours of Saturday.
Police informed that the fire that… More >
Malaysia Aug 22 2015 “Automobile & Railway”
Petrol-laden Barge Catches Fire, Four Injured
Updated: 2015-08-22 12:00
SANDAKAN, Aug 22 (Bernama) -- Four Philippine nationals were injured after a petrol-laden barge on which they were working, caught fire in the waters off Batu Sapi near here, Saturday.
Three of the men suffered burns while t… More >
China Aug 21 2015 “Factories”
Chemical plant blast kills 1, injures 9 in E China
Updated: 2015-08-23 07:54
JINAN - One people died and nine others have been injured after a blast ripped through a chemical plant in east China's Shandong Province on Saturday night, local authorities said.
The explosion occurred at Shandong Runxin… More >
Indonesia Aug 21 2015 “Forest”
Wild fire
Updated: 2015-08-22 17:07
Fire razes the forest of Mount Merbabu National Park in Magelang, Central Java, as seen in the early hours of Friday morning. Forest authorities and residents have been struggling to contain the fire, which has destroyed trees and shrubs in at least two village… More >