Nepal Aug 27 2014 “Automobile & Railway”
Bike catches fire as gang steals petrol
Updated: 2014-08-27-17:06
KATHMANDU: A parked motorcycle has been damaged after it caught fire when a person was trying to steal petrol from it.
The motorcycle (Ba 58 Pa 1097) belonging to one Sandesh Basnet (20), of Makwanpur, was parked at the roadside in … More >
Malaysia Aug 27 2014 “Automobile & Railway”
Car Catches Fire On Bridge
Updated: 2014-08-27-12:00
GEORGE TOWN, Aug 27 (Bernama) -- A factory worker had a narrow escape when the car she was driving caught fire and crashed into the divider at the 3.6km stretch of the Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah Bridge today.
Hazratun Nirmi Farez, 33, who… More >
Thailand Aug 26 2014 “Houses”
20 houses at Bangkok community destroyed in fire
Updated: 2014-08-27-06:29
A massive fire destroyed 20 houses at a community on Soi Udomsuk early Wednesday, police said.
Police said the fire broke out at 3 am and was put under control by 20 fire engines about an hour later.
There are about 150 h… More >
Thailand Aug 26 2014 “Houses”
Girl dies, parents injured in house fire
Updated: 2014-08-26-11:20
A 14-year-old girl was killed and her father and mother seriously injured in a fire early Tuesday at a house in village in tambon Phailom of Phachi district in Ayutthaya province, reports said.
Nine members of an extended family o… More >
Bangladesh Aug 26 2014 “Shipboard”
Navy warship catches fire
Updated: 2014-08-26-16:25
Bangladesh Navy warship BNS Umar Farooq caught fire at the Chittagong naval base on Tuesday.
The port city’s Fire Service Assistant Director Md Yahia said the fire at the Salisbury class frigate had been sparked by an electric short circuit ar… More >
Philippines Aug 25 2014 “Warehouses”
Quiapo warehouse fire destroys P5M in property
Updated: 2014-08-27-04:58
At least P5 million in property was destroyed in a four-hour fire that razed a warehouse in Manila's Quiapo district Tuesday night.
Firefighters admitted to having difficulty in putting out the fire along Orozco Street, radio… More >
Singapore Aug 23 2014 “Automobile & Railway”
Rubbish truck catches fire on CTE, causing a two-hour traffic jam
Updated: 2014-08-24-12:17
SINGAPORE - The engine compartment of a rubbish truck caught fire on Saturday night, causing a traffic jam on the Central Expressway (CTE) that lasted around two hours.
The truck was 1.5km down the CTE towar… More >
Vietnam Aug 22 2014 “Shipboard”
Oil tanker fire kills two, injures three
Updated: 2014-08-25-08:07
A vessel carrying oil caught fire in the central province of Thanh Hoa's Tinh Gia District on Saturday morning, leaving two dead and three injured.— Photo thanhnien
THANH HOA (VNS) – A vessel carrying oil caught fire in the centra… More >
Thailand Aug 22 2014 “Automobile & Railway”
Bus fire on Vibhavadi Rangsit
Updated: 2014-08-22-22:16
A passenger bus catches fire on Vibhavadi Rangsit Road, Bangkok. There are no immediate reports of injuries.
A No. 29 air-conditioned public bus caught fire on Vibhavadi Rangsit Road, near Jae Leng shopping complex, at about 8pm Friday, r… More >
Bangladesh Aug 22 2014 “Stores”
Drug store burn victims die
Updated: 2014-08-22-22:24
A woman and her son, who had sustained severe burns from a fire triggered by an explosion at a pharmaceutical store in Narayanganj’s Fatulla a few days ago, have died.
Selina Begum, 40, died around 4pm Friday, while her son ‘Anik’, 12, succu… More >