Philippines May 21 2014 “Houses”
71-year-old dies in QC fire
Updated: 2014-04-24-12:43
Smoke billows from burning houses at a residential area along Ired Street, Barangay San Matin de Pores in Quezon City on Wednesday, May 21. One person died in the incident. GMA News
A 71-year-old man died after being trapped in his house in a… More >
Nepal May 21 2014 “Automobile & Railway”
TU rector's vehicle set on fire
Updated: 2014-05-21-22:48
KATHMANDU: An unidentified group today torched a vehicle belonging to Prof Guna Nidhi Neupane, Rector, Tribhuvan University, in Anamnagar.
“While we were going to office from home, a group of youngsters stopped our vehicle near Madan Bhandar… More >
Bangladesh May 21 2014 “Automobile & Railway”
Train catches fire
Updated: 2014-05-13-14:43
A fire broke out on a coach of the Sylhet-Dhaka Kalani Express train on Tuesday.
Fire Service Control Room's duty officer Shahzadi Sultana told bdnews24.com that the seven fire-fighting units rushed to Dhaka's Cantonment Rail Station around 1.30 pm, w… More >
Bangladesh May 21 2014 “Factories”
Saudi fire kills 9 Bangladeshis
Updated: 2014-05-13-10:07
At least nine Bangladeshis have been killed in a furniture shop fire in Riyadh on Monday night, the foreign ministry has confirmed.
Seven of them - Md Jalal, Abdul Gaffar, Bahauddin, Shah Alam, Nazir Hossain, Matiur Rahman, and 'Selim' – we… More >
Nepal May 20 2014 “Office bldg.”
ICIMOD office catches fire
Updated: 2014-05-21-17:57
KATHMANDU: Properties worth Rs 140,000 were destroyed when the office of International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) caught fire in Lalitpur Sub-Metropolitan City-15 on Tuesday night.
Police said computers, printers and wood… More >
Nepal May 20 2014 “Houses”
Man tries to burn bro's wife‚ 3 kids alive over biz dispute
Updated: 2014-05-20-14:19
NEPALGUNJ: A man has set fire on the house of his own brother locking the latter's wife and sons inside this morning.
Saddam Naun (23) of Jaispur-1 here torched the house of his elder brother Riyaz Ali over family… More >
Vietnam May 19 2014 “Houses”
Fire destroys mahout house in Dak Lak
Updated: 2014-05-19-14:00
Four fire engines and 50 firemen took more than one hour to stamp out the fire. — Photo tienphong
DAK LAK (VNS) — A fire ravaged a mahout house in the Bao Dai King's private residence area in the Central Highlands province of Dak La… More >
Nepal May 18 2014 “Forest”
Wildfire blazing out of control in Bajura
Updated: 2014-05-19-22:56
BAJURA: A forest fire has been raging at Nuwakot Community Forest in Jugada VDC from Sunday morning.
The blaze is yet to be brought under control, said Jagatraj Pandit, a local.
The blaze has destroyed medicinal herbs and trees.
… More >
Nepal May 17 2014 “Houses”
Bajura fire destroys six houses
Updated: 2014-05-18-12:06
BAJURA: At least six houses were completely destroyed when a village caught fire in Gotri of Bajura on Saturday evening.
Local Surednra Shahi said the houses of Lok Shahi, Janak Shahi, Janam Shahi, Ram Shahi, Devi Shahi and Jarmal Shahi were… More >
Philippines May 16 2014 “Houses”
4 children perish in Quezon fire; fire hits Valenzuela City factory
Updated: 2014-05-17-11:08
Four young children, the youngest less than two years old, perished in a fire that hit their house in Quezon province Friday night.
The fire occurred at 9 p.m. in Barangay Bulakin 1 in Dolores town, GMA n… More >