Philippines May 13 2015 “Factories”
Blasts shook the ground; witness saw victims trapped on 2nd floor
Updated: 2015-05-14-23:05
Delilah Garcia, a resident of Brgy. Ugong in Valenzuela City who lost seven relatives in the slippers factory fire on Wednesday, said she and her neighbors heard three loud explosions strong enough to make… More >
Philippines May 13 2015 “Houses”
2 killed in Isabela fire
Updated: 2015-05-14-12:00
A 90-year-old woman and her 62-year-old daughter died in a fire that gutted a house in Barangay San Pedro, Tumauini, Isabela at dawn yesterday.
Remedios Tuliao and her daughter Maria were caretakers of the house owned by Francisco Placido, said Se… More >
Philippines May 13 2015 “Houses”
1 dead, 3 hurt in Sta. Mesa fire
Updated: 2015-05-13-10:28
The charred remains of a house in the aftermath of a fire along Linggo corner Lunes Streets, Landcom Village in Barangay 601, Sta. Mesa, Manila is seen on Wednesday, May 13. The fire, which started at 5:28 a.m., was declared fire out at 6… More >
Brunei May 13 2015 “Other”
Bushfire at Kampong Terunjing Baru
Updated: 2015-05-13-12:00
A BUSHFIRE at Kampong Terunjing Baru was reported yesterday at about 1pm after brownish-grey haze were seen from a distance.
Small flecks of ash from the fire were seen drifting down over the highway near where the bushfire took place.… More >
Philippines May 11 2015 “Houses”
2 elderly persons killed in Malabon fire
Updated: 2015-05-18-08:16
Two elderly persons were killed after a fire broke out Tuesday night at a residential area in Malabon City, rendering around 500 families homeless.
Authorities identified the casualties as Virginia Itak, 62, and a certain Lolo Eres… More >
Philippines May 11 2015 “Houses”
More than 200 houses destroyed in Iligan City fire
Updated: 2015-05-13-08:38
More than 200 houses were destroyed in a fire that hit Iligan City Tuesday night.
Photos posted by GMA News correspondent Peewee Bacuo showed the fire visible from a distance.
The photos showed the flames gutting severa… More >
India May 11 2015 “Building”
Fire breaks out in CP building, 10 hurt
Updated: 2015-05-13-02:41
Ten people, including a few customers, suffered minor burn injuries after a fire broke out at a bank branch in Connaught Place on Tuesday. The blaze was reported from the second floor of Harsha Bhawan located in the middle circle aro… More >
India May 11 2015 “Factories”
8 injured in fire at Tata plant site
Updated: 2015-05-12-11:09
Eight labourers, working at Tata Steel's proposed ferrochrome plant near Chamakhandi in Ganjam district, sustained burn injuries after fire engulfed a camp office at the site on Monday.
They were admitted to MKCG Medical College and H… More >
Bangladesh May 11 2015 “Building”
Fire put out in Dhaka Cantonment building
Updated: 2015-05-11-20:52
A fire that broke out in a multi-storey building inside the Dhaka Cantonment has been put out.
The 13-storey ‘Banalata Tower’ on the Staff Road is a residential complex for army personnel.
Fire service control room Duty Officer B… More >
Bangladesh May 11 2015 “Other”
Chittagong district suffers hour-long outage as transformer catches fire at Hathazari
Updated: 2015-05-11-21:39
Chittagong district has suffered a sudden one-hour-long power outage as supply in the National Grip was cut off when a transformer at a sub-station caught fire at Hathazari.
Officials at… More >