Philippines Apr 08 2015 “Factories”
Fires hit homes, production room
Updated: 2015-04-09-12:00
Fire investigators are eyeing electrical misuse behind the two fires that hit three houses and a studio room in Lapu-Lapu City yesterday morning.
A minor fire broke out inside a production-technical room of Bigfoot Studios in Sitio… More >
Vietnam Apr 08 2015 “Factories”
Samsung rejects toxic gas leak rumours in Thai Nguyen
Updated: 2015-04-14-08:05
Samsung has officially rejected rumours of methane leaking from the Samsung Thai Nguyen industrial complex in Thai Nguyen Province.
Samsung has officially rejected rumours of methane leaking from the Samsung Thai Nguy… More >
Philippines Apr 08 2015 “Houses”
3 houses razed in Sonog fire
Updated: 2015-04-10-12:00
At least three houses were destroyed after a man reportedly suffering from nervous breakdown set his comfort room on fire Wednesday afternoon in Barangay Sonog, San Francisco town.
Leonito Cularte, 46, was arrested after he was identified by h… More >
Philippines Apr 08 2015 “Houses”
Fires hit homes, production room
Updated: 2015-04-09-12:00
Fire investigators are eyeing electrical misuse behind the two fires that hit three houses and a studio room in Lapu-Lapu City yesterday morning.
A house, owned by a certain Joel Berdin located on Sergio Osmeña Street, Barangay Gun-ob, was… More >
Thailand Apr 07 2015 “Factories”
Two injured in biomass power-plant fire in Krabi
Updated: 2015-04-09-01:00
Two workers were injured in a massive fire that started at the 10-megawatt biomass power plant of Saraff Energies in Krabi's Khao Phanom district at 4am yesterday.
The blaze began when a pile of dried branches of palm fruit… More >
Thailand Apr 07 2015 “Other”
Early morning blaze at mini-mart in Phuket
Updated: 2015-04-09-01:00
A fire broke out early yesterday at the Super Cheap mini-mart's Villa 5 branch in Phuket province, resulting in damages worth millions of baht.
After the fire was reported at 2am, it took firefighters an hour to put out the blaze… More >
Philippines Apr 07 2015 “Houses”
4 kids, grandma die in Bacolod fire
Updated: 2015-04-08-12:00
Four children and their grandmother died in a fire that destroyed 10 houses in this city yesterday morning.
Norma Pido, 76, and her grandchildren – Rachel, 10; Chanel, 7; Jomarie, 6, all surnamed Gale, and Katrina Pido, 10 – died after … More >
Thailand Apr 07 2015 “Houses”
Fire burns down 250 shanty houses of displaced persons
Updated: 2015-04-07-16:16
A massive fire burned down 250 shanty houses in the Ban Mai Nai Soi Displaced Persons Centre in Mae Hong Son's Mueang district at 11:30 am Tuesday.
No injuries were reported. The fire was put out at 1 pm. The center s… More >
Philippines Apr 07 2015 “Other”
Manila fire claims one life
Updated: 2015-04-07-20:24
At least one person died in a fire in Manila's Sampaloc district late Tuesday afternoon.
The fire also slowed traffic along Lacson Street, radio dzBB's Cecilia Villarosa reported.
Firefighter raised the fifth alarm for the fire which was place… More >
Indonesia Apr 07 2015 “Houses”
West Jakarta fire kills 3 family members
Updated: 2015-04-09 07:49
A fire engulfed a house on Jl. Semeru VI in Grogol Petamburan subdistrict, West Jakarta, Wednesday morning.
The incident killed three family members, a father, mother and their 20-year-old daughter. Evidently, burning incense ign… More >