Nepal Apr 19 2014 “Other”
Mushroom farm catches fire
Updated: 2014-04-19-18:23
KATHMANDU: Properties worth approximately Rs 250,000 were reduced to ashes when a mushroom farm at Budhachwok, Ichangunarayan-9 on the outskirts of Kathmandu caught fire today morning.
As many as five cottages used to cultivate mushroom were de… More >
Nepal Apr 19 2014 “Houses”
Fire destroys 10 houses‚ kills cattle
Updated: 2014-04-19-22:24
RAUTAHAT: A fire that locals had made this morning to repel mosquitoes destroyed 10 houses and three cowsheds in a Dalit settlement in Prempur Gonahi VDC of Rautahat.
Police said the villagers had lit the fire around five in the mo… More >
India Apr 18 2014 “Automobile & Railway”
5 wedding party members charred in bus fire
Updated: 2014-04-19-04:36
BHOPAL: Five members of a marriage party, including three children, were electrocuted when the bus in which they were travelling came in contact with a high tension wire in Ater tehsil of Bhind district on Friday night. The bus c… More >
Nepal Apr 18 2014 “Houses”
Tanahun fire guts properties worth Rs 7.5 lakh
Updated: 2014-04-18-17:17
DAMAULI: Properties worth Rs 750,000 were destroyed in a fire sparked in Khairenitar of Tanahun on Wednesday.
Two houses belonging to Khadka Bahadur Gurung and Sarbir Gurung in Gyarsing, Khairenitar-6 had caught fire.
Sarb… More >
Nepal Apr 18 2014 “Houses”
Fire destroys property worth millions
Updated: 2014-04-18-10:40
BHOKPUR: Incidents of fire in Bhojpur and Tanahun districts destroyed at least 23 houses and sheds today, destroying property worth around 10 million rupees, according to police.
In Bhojpur, a fire destroyed at least 21 houses and s… More >
China Apr 18 2014 “Forest”
Forest fire raging in Kunming
Updated: 2014-04-18-14:03
KUNMING - A forest fire that broke out on Wednesday in the outskirts of Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province, is still blazing southwards, despite efforts to stop the fire spreading, authorities said on Friday.
The Kunming For… More >
Philippines Apr 17 2014 “Houses”
Fire hits Quezon City residential area
Updated: 2014-04-17-06:54
Several families were rendered homeless on Maundy Thursday after a predawn fire of undetermined origin hit a residential area in Quezon City.
Quezon City fire marshal Superintendent Jesus Fernandez said the fire in the Tatalon area m… More >
Bangladesh Apr 17 2014 “Other”
Titas gas supply line catches fire in Gazipur
Updated: 2014-04-17-20:04
A supply line of the Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited beside the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Gazipur’s Sreepur caught fire after it was damaged on Thursday evening.
The pipe developed a leak and caught… More >
Bangladesh Apr 17 2014 “Stores”
Fire at Savar shopping mall
Updated: 2014-04-17-14:04
A shoe storeroom at a shopping mall in Dhaka's Savar area caught fire on Thursday.
Fire service officials said the fire broke out around 9:45 am in a shop on the first floor of the mall, 'New Market'.
Station officer Anwar Hossain of Savar Fir… More >
Philippines Apr 16 2014 “Houses”
30 houses destroyed in predawn Maguindanao fire
Updated: 2014-04-16-14:38
At least 30 houses were destroyed in a predawn fire that hit a residential area in Datu Odin Sinsuat town in Maguindanao province Wednesday.
No one was initially reported injured in the fire, according to a report on GMA New… More >