Singapore Feb 22 2014 “Apartment houses”
Early morning fire burns flats in Whampoa but no one injured
Updated: 2014-02-22-14:05
An early Saturday morning fire at a Housing Board block in Whampoa gutted two neighbouring two-room flats.
In the flat where the fire started, one of its bedroom walls collapsed into the unit beside it.
The S… More >
Vietnam Feb 19 2014 “Warehouses”
Reduced to rubble
Updated: 2014-02-20-09:30
Fire destroyed 3,000 sq.m inside a warehouse belonging to the Ha Dong Wool Joint Stock Company in Ha Noi's Ha Dong District yesterday. The fire was extinguished after burning for two hours. Authorities are investigating the cause of the fire. — VNA/VNS P… More >
Vietnam Feb 19 2014 “Automobile & Railway”
40 escape bus inferno unharmed
Updated: 2014-02-20-08:09
HAI DUONG (VNS)— Forty people were able to escape yesterday when their coach travelling from the central province of Ha Tinh to Quang Ninh Province caught fire.
At around 2am yesterday, the back of the coach burst into flame… More >
China Feb 19 2014 “Houses”
Man died fighting fire in neighbor’s house
Updated: 2014-02-19-22:12
A man in Chengwu county, Shandong province, died while trying to put out a fire in his neighbor’s house on Feb 14, Qilu Evening News reported on Wednesday.
Zhu Yading noticed the fire in his neighbor’s house that evenin… More >
Philippines Feb 18 2014 “Houses”
2 dead, 100 families homeless in Taguig fire
Updated: 2014-02-20-12:00
MANILA, Philippines - Two persons died and around 100 families were left homeless when a fire struck a residential area in Barangay Maharlika Village, Taguig City Tuesday night.
Arson investigators identified t… More >
Philippines Feb 18 2014 “Houses”
Bacolod fire leaves teen, 2 brods dead
Updated: 2014-02-19-12:00
BACOLOD CITY, Philippines – A 16-year-old girl and her two brothers were killed in a fire that gutted their home in Barangay Handumanan in this city yesterday.
A report from the Aksyon Radyo identified the victims as… More >
Philippines Feb 18 2014 “Houses”
P3M in property destroyed by predawn fire in Manila
Updated: 2014-02-18-04:29
Around five families were affected and P3 million(67,161$:1PHP=0.022387JPY,02/27 rate) in property was destroyed in a fire that hit an old house in Manila's Sta. Ana district.
The fire started shortly af… More >
Singapore Feb 18 2014 “Apartment houses”
Soccer coach saves 4 from Choa Chu Kang fire
Updated: 2014-02-18-09:00
Mr Faizaltulamri Noorali has emerged as a local hero after a fire broke out in a unit of his Housing Board block in Choa Chu Kang Avenue 2 yesterday morning.
The full-time soccer coach took four people to safe… More >
China Feb 18 2014 “Houses”
2 dead, 1 injured in fire in C China
Updated: 2014-02-18-17:50
Two people died in a fire in an ancient town in the Hongjiang district of Huaihua, Central China's Hunan province, chinanews.com reported on Tuesday.
The dead were an 81-year-old man and a younger woman. An 8-year-old child i… More >
Malaysia Feb 17 2014 “Forest”
Bush Fire Destroys 1.2 Hectare Site Along Silikon Highway Near UPM
Updated: 2014-02-17
KUALA LUMPUR, 17 (Bernama) -- A bush fire razed a 1.2 hectare site along the Silikon Highway near the Universiti Pertanian Malaysia (UPM) toll plaza heading towards Universiti Tenaga Nasional (Uniten), Serdang … More >