China Aug 21 2014 “Automobile & Railway”
Fire damages Xinjiang railway station
Updated: 2014-08-21-22:03
URUMQI - A fire in an unfinished railway station in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Thursday evening engulfed 600 square meters of the site before being put out by firefighters.
They spent about one and a half ho… More >
Philippines Aug 21 2014 “Building”
Lapu-Lapu City fire destroys P300k in property
Updated: 2014-08-23-04:55
Some P300,000 in property was destroyed in a Friday morning fire that hit an Internet cafe and a residence in Barangay Pusok, Lapu-Lapu City in Cebu province.
No one was injured in the fire, which responding firefighters were… More >
Bangladesh Aug 21 2014 “Automobile & Railway”
BRTC-operated bus catches fire in Dhaka
Updated: 2014-08-21-12:44
A bus at Dhaka's Airport Road has caught fire on Thursday.
Fire Service Control Room official Shahzadi Sultana said that the bus, operated by state-owned Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC), caught fire around 12 pm.
"T… More >
Thailand Aug 20 2014 “Factories”
Seven treated for ammonia inhalation after rice factory blast
Updated: 2014-08-20-14:00
Seven residents of Rayong province suffered nausea and eyes and nose irritation after an ice-making machine near their community exploded on Wednesday morning, sending out ammonia fumes.
Police said the blast h… More >
Bangladesh Aug 20 2014 “Houses”
Five burnt in Dhaka fire
Updated: 2014-08-20-11:34
Five of a family sustained severe burns in a fire at Dhaka's Keraniganj area early on Wednesday.
Fire Service Control Room official Brojen Sarkar said that the fire was put off by locals.
The injured have been admitted to the Burn Unit of the … More >
China Aug 19 2014 “Factories”
29 missing in coal mine blast
Updated: 2014-08-19-12:39
One worker has been injured and 29 others are missing after a coal mine blast on Tuesday morning in East China's Anhui province, local authorities said.
A total of 39 people were working in the Dongfang coal mine in the province’s Huainan cit… More >
China Aug 19 2014 “Automobile & Railway”
One dead, 19 injured in E China bus fire
Updated: 2014-08-21-07:01
JINAN -- One person was killed and 19 others were injured after a public bus caught fire during rush hour in east China's Shandong province on Wednesday.
The bus blaze in Longkou City broke out at around 8:30 am and was extinguishe… More >
Vietnam Aug 18 2014 “Automobile & Railway”
Bus blaze
Updated: 2014-08-19-10:22
A 16-seat passenger bus carrying patients from HCM City to Tay Ninh Province suddenly burst into flames in the city's Truong Chinh Road yesterday morning. All the patients were removed from the bus unscathed. Three fire trucks and tens of firefighters were sent… More >
Philippines Aug 18 2014 “Houses”
Morning fire razes 32 houses in Tejero
Updated: 2014-08-19-12:00
A fire truck of Barangay Tejero Fire Brigade arrives as a fire raged through Sitio Blessed Sacrament, Villagonzalo II, Barangay Tejero, Cebu City yesterday morning. GARRY B. LAO
CEBU, Philippines - Barangay Tejero in Cebu City has … More >
Nepal Aug 17 2014 “Warehouses”
Fire guts properties worth million
Updated: 2014-08-18-17:16
KATHMANDU: Properties worth Rs 1 million have been gutted when a garments godown caught fire in Mukteshwor Marga, Kalimati, KMC-13 on Sunday.
The godown that belongs to Binod Shrestha of Bagbazar caught fire due to an electric short circu… More >