Malaysia Aug 17 2015 “Houses”
Man Dies After Helping Wife Escape From Burning House
Updated: 2015-08-17 12:00
JOHOR BAHARU, Aug 17 (Bernama) -- A semi- paralysed elderly man woke up his wife and instructed her to run out through the back door of their burning house early today, but was himself killed in the fire that engulfed … More >
Malaysia Aug 17 2015 “Automobile & Railway”
3 Cars Fire-bombed In Bukit Marak, Tumpat
Updated: 2015-08-17 12:00
KOTA BAHARU, Aug 17 (Bernama) -- Three cars belonging to an officer of the Kemubu Agricultural Development Authority (Kada) in Tumpat were fire-bombed here Monday.
In the incident about 4am in Kampung Repek, Bukit Marak, 90 per … More >
Malaysia Aug 16 2015 “Automobile & Railway”
Fire Destroys Seven Motorcycles In Bayan Lepas
Updated: 2015-08-16 12:00
GEORGE TOWN, Aug 16 (Bernama) -- Seven motorcycles parked at the parking area of Desa Bayan Apartment, Jalan Merbah at Bayan Lepas, near here, were destroyed in a fire, early this morning.
Penang Fire and Rescue Department o… More >
Philippines Aug 15 2015 “Shipboard”
2 hurt as fire engulfs ferry at Ormoc port
Updated: 2015-08-16-12:00
A burning MV Wonderful Stars ferry docked at a port in Ormoc City, Leyte yesterday.
A two-story ferry with 542 passengers caught fire several minutes after docking here yesterday, sending several passengers jumping overboard and… More >
Indonesia Aug 14 2015 “Factories”
Islands in focus: Fire razes Kupang power plant
Updated: 2015-08-15 10:39
KUPANG: A fire destroyed a coal-fueled power plant in Bolok village, West Kupang district, Kupang regency, East Nusa Tenggara province on Friday.
The blaze, which occurred at about 1 p.m. local time, was believed to have or… More >
Malaysia Aug 14 2015 “Other”
Woman Suffering Psychiatric Problem Burns Herself
Updated: 2015-08-14 12:00
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 14 (Bernama) -- A woman who is suffering psychiatric problems sustained 50 per cent burns on her body after she burnt her dress following an accident in front of an office complex at Jalan Kerinci, here t… More >
Malaysia Aug 13 2015 “Houses” “Stores”
75-Year-Old Restaurant Burnt Down In Fire
Updated: 2015-08-13 12:00
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 13 (Bernama) -- In the blink of an eye, restaureter Chong Tek Fong became homeless and lost his source of earnings when his shop in Kepong which also serves as his family's home was burnt down today.
Chong, 66, c… More >
Korea Aug 12 2015 “Other”
Man sets himself ablaze in front of Japanese embassy in Seoul
Updated: 2015-08-12 14:50
An elderly man set himself on fire in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on Wednesday as the civic group representing former comfort women held its weekly rally. The comfort women refer to the women who w… More >
Philippines Aug 11 2015 “Houses”
Pasig fire leaves 30 families homeless
Updated: 2015-08-12-12:00
At least 30 families were left homeless when an insect catcher exploded, triggering a fire in Pasig City yesterday.
No one was reported hurt in the fire, arson investigators said.
The blaze broke out in the house of Elmer Unsay alon… More >
China Aug 11 2015 “Other”
Final death toll set at 173 in China warehouse explosion
Updated: 2015-08-13 06:28
Chinese authorities ended the search for the remaining eight missing in a massive chemical warehouse explosion last month, setting the final death toll at 173 in China's worst industrial disaster in years.
The … More >