Philippines Mar 06 2014 “Other”
Fire at lumber yard leaves P2M losses
Updated: 2014-03-08-12:00
BACOLOD CITY, Philippines — A lumber yard was razed by fire at Lopez Jaena, Poinsettia St., Brgy. 31, this city, Thursday evening.
The city's Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said no one was injured in the fire at Baco… More >
Philippines Mar 06 2014 “Building”
Fire hits uptown hotel; house razed in Argao
Updated: 2014-03-06-12:00
CEBU, Philippines - The basement of an uptown hotel yesterday caught fire causing panic among its guests and employees. Cebu City fire department received the alarm at 12:30 p.m. and the fire was declared under control… More >
Philippines Mar 05 2014 “Building” “Stores”
Fire hits motor shop
Updated: 2014-03-05-12:00
CEBU, Philippines - The third fire incident in the observance of Fire Prevention Month hit a 40 –year-old building at the corner of Lapu-Lapu and Jereza streets in San Roque, Cebu City yesterday afternoon.
The building is a machine sh… More >
Philippines Mar 05 2014 “Houses”
Fire razes displaced Zambo families' bunker rooms
Updated: 2014-03-05-15:12
ZAMBOANGA CITY - At least 19 families of evacuees of last year's Zamboanga siege, were again displaced after fire razed the private bunker shelters they were renting on Wednesday morning.
City fire marshal… More >
China Mar 05 2014 “Automobile & Railway”
10 dead, 17 injured in NE China bus fire
Updated: 2014-03-05-12:34
CHANGCHUN - Ten people were killed and another 17 injured in a bus fire on Wednesday morning in Jilin city in Northeast China's Jilin province, local authorities said.
The local fire department was alerted at 7:05 am that a shut… More >
China Mar 05 2014 “Automobile & Railway”
Shanxi road accident death toll hits 13
Updated: 2014-03-05-16:45
TAIYUAN -- The death toll from a truck collision and resulting explosion in North China's Shanxi Province on Saturday has risen to 13, after another body was found at the scene of the incident.
Rescuers had put the number killed … More >
Philippines Mar 04 2014 “Houses”
Fire guts 30 houses, displaces 56 families
Updated: 2014-03-06-12:00
BACOLOD CITY, Philippines — A total of 30 houses were razed to the ground after a fire struck a residential compound at Brgy. 1 in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental, Tuesday midnight.
Records at the Bureau of Fi… More >
Philippines Mar 04 2014 “Building” “Hospitals”
Fire hits UST hospital in Manila - report
Updated: 2014-03-04-12:01
MANILA, Philippines - A fire broke out Tuesday before noon at the University of Sto. Tomas Hospital in Manila.
Radio reports said that the blaze started at the portion of the laboratory room of the UST outpatient … More >
Nepal Mar 04 2014 “Houses”
Properties worth Rs 2 mln gutted in Thecho fire
Updated: 2014-03-05-17:21
KATHMANDU: Properties worth Rs two million(20,538$:1NPR=0.01027USD,03/22 rate) were reduced to ashes in a fire at a house in Thecho on the outskirts of Lalitpur on Tuesday night.
Gold ornaments weighing approxima… More >
Vietnam Mar 03 2014 “Factories”
Fire ravages wood factory
Updated: 2014-03-03-09:36
GIA LAI (VNS)— A fire broke out at a wood processing company in Pleiku City in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai on Saturday.
The fire destroyed all of the company's wood products and machines, worth an estimated VND3 bil… More >