Philippines Mar 10 2014 “Warehouses”
Fire hits Pasig warehouse
Updated: 2014-03-12-12:00
MANILA, Philippines - A fire at a Pasig City warehouse used to store paper products was reported to be under control 14 hours after it started Monday afternoon.
The blaze started in one portion of the Anson Paper Warehouse in Bar… More >
China Mar 10 2014 “Forest”
SW China forest fire extinguished
Updated: 2014-03-10-19:12
KUNMING -- Firefighters extinguished a forest fire in Southwest China's Yunnan province on Monday afternoon, according to local forest fire prevention headquarters.
Firefighters were clearing the site to avoid the resurgence of the bla… More >
Nepal Mar 08 2014 “Factories”
Property worth Rs. 6 lakh gutted in fire
Updated: 2014-03-12-17:51
KATHMANDU: Property worth around Rs. 600,000(6,225$:1NPR=0.01038USD,4/12 rate) was reduced to ashes when a fire broke out at a garment factory in Pingalasthan in the wee hours of Wednesday.
Police said that the cause beh… More >
Nepal Mar 08 2014 “Building”
Bhaktapur fire guts properties worth Rs 2 lakh
Updated: 2014-03-09-17:21
KATHMANDU: Properties worth Rs 200,000(2,066$:1NPR=0.01033USD,03/25 rate) were reduced to ashes while a three-storey building caught fire in Bhaktapur on Saturday evening.
Police said a house of Durga Prasad Malla … More >
Nepal Mar 08 2014 “Aircraft” “Building”
IndiGo plane catches fire while landing at TIA
Updated: 2014-03-08-13:38
KATHMANDU: All passengers on board were rescued as smoke billowed up from an IndiGo aircraft while landing at the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) in the Capital on Saturday afternoon.
Deputy Director at TIA Rescue Co… More >
Nepal Mar 08 2014 “Houses”
Fire guts property worth Rs. 3 m in Sundhara restaurant
Updated: 2014-03-08-13:31
KATHMANDU: A fire broke out at Kusume Rumal Dohari Sanjh in Sundhara reducing properties worth around Rs. three million(31,001$:1NPR=0.01033USD,03/25 rate) on Saturday morning.
According to Inspector Lila … More >
Philippines Mar 07 2014 “Houses”
City logs 4th fire in span of week
Updated: 2014-03-09-12:00
CEBU, Philippines - Fire incidents continue to hit Cebu City and Cebu Province amid the observance of Fire Prevention Month.
A man was injured and five houses were razed after a fire broke out in Upper San Roque, Baranga… More >
Thailand Mar 07 2014 “Shipboard”
Blaze engulfs ferry off Phuket on Friday
Updated: 2014-03-07-17:34
A fire erupts on a ferry boat in front of Naka island off Phuket's Thalang district on Friday. No one was injured as four crew members of the boat were rescued by staffs of speed boats near the area.
Marine police’… More >
Vietnam Mar 07 2014 “Forest”
Forest fires put out in Lao Cai
Updated: 2014-03-08-08:31
LAO CAI (VNS)— Firefighters and soldiers stamped out four forest fires yesterday in Hoang Lien National Park, located in northern mountainous Lao Cai Province's Sa Pa District.
More than 100 community members and 20 soldier… More >
Singapore Mar 07 2014
Fire guts Marine Parade coffee shop, no reported deaths or injuries so far
Updated: 2014-03-07-12:02
Fire engulfed a coffee shop at Block 59 Marine Terrace on Friday morning, but no injuries or deaths have been reported so far.
Mr Elson Lee, 46, a seller of spare car parts, told The Straits Tim… More >