Vietnam Jul 07 2014 “Stores”
Kom Tum shop fire injures eight people
Updated: 2014-07-08-14:00
KON TUM (VNS) — Eight people have been injured in a fire that broke out yesterday in an interior decoration shop in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum's Hoang Van Thu street.
One of the victims has been severely injured and h… More >
China Jul 06 2014 “Houses”
28 houses burn down in village fire
Updated: 2014-07-09-12:00
A fire destroyed 28 houses in an ethnic Dong village in Liping county. No one was killed in the July 6 blaze, Xinhua News Agency reported on Tuesday. The 157 villagers of the 28 affected households moved into the village's school or in wi… More >
Nepal Jul 06 2014 “Automobile & Railway”
Fire destroys bike in Baphal
Updated: 2014-07-07-18:02
KATHMANDU: A sudden fire erupted in a motorcycle destroyed the two-wheeler except its engine in Baphal of Kathmandu on Sunday night.
Police said the two-wheeler (Ba 12 Pa 4163) belonging to Devendra Bajracharya of Dallu, KMC-15 was destroyed in… More >
Vietnam Jul 06 2014 “Stores”
Police locate cause of Can Tho shop fire
Updated: 2014-07-08-08:10
CAN THO (VNS) — An electrical fault was found to have caused a fire that engulfed a footwear shop killing three people in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho, said the municipal Police Department yesterday.
According to Colonel Tran … More >
Thailand Jul 05 2014 “Houses”
Fire burns down condo workers' house
Updated: 2014-07-05-11:41
Around 20 rooms of the structure were burnt down and the fire spread to a few houses nearby before it was contained around noon today. (Thai Rath photo)
A fire broke out at 9.30am today a temporary accommodation for construction work… More >
China Jul 04 2014 “Automobile & Railway”
Hangzhou bus fire injures 32 passengers
Updated: 2014-07-06-07:49
A bus in the downtown area of Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, caught fire at 5 pm on Saturday, injuring 32 people, including 24 critically.
An initial investigation showed that the fire was not caused by the 12-meter, diesel-fueled bus… More >
Korea Jul 04 2014 “Building”
Fire in central Seoul
Updated: 2014-07-04-18:53
Smoke billows from the roof of the Hanwha Building in Euljiro, central
Seoul, Friday. A fire apparently started in rooftop fans just past noon. People were immediately evacuated, but one person was taken to the hospital after inhaling smoke, accordin… More >
Philippines Jul 04 2014 “Houses”
Boy saved from fire
Updated: 2014-07-06-12:00
CEBU, Philippines - A six-year-old boy was able to save himself after he accidentally set on fire a bedroom of a two-storey house Friday evening in Emerald Subdivision, Barangay Cabancalan, Mandaue City.
The incident took place inside the duplex house … More >
Bangladesh Jul 04 2014 “Factories”
Fire at Hazaribagh tannery
Updated: 2014-07-04-11:23
A fire broke out at a tannery in Dhaka's Hazarigabh locality on Friday morning.
Police suspect chemicals stored in the factory may have caused the blaze.
The first floor of 'Vulua Tannery' caught fire at around 9am, fire service control room … More >
Philippines Jul 03 2014 “Houses”
Tondo fire destroys P1.5M in property
Updated: 2014-07-05-04:58
Around 10 houses were razed with some P1.5 million in property destroyed in a Friday afternoon fire in Manila's Tondo district.
No casualties were reported in the fire along T. Earnshaw Street, radio dzBB's Cecilia Villarosa reported.… More >