Vietnam Jan 05 2014 “Factories”
Wood-processing factory catches fire
Updated: 2014-01-07-08:29
A squad of 35 firefighters and five fire engines rushed to extinguish the blaze within one hour.— Photo vnexpress
QUANG NAM (VNS)— A wood-processing factory in central Tam Ky Town caught fire yesterday morning, damaging all the equipme… More >
China Jan 04 2014 “Building” “Stores”
Fire breaks out in HK's shopping area
Updated: 2013-01-05-19:23
HONG KONG - A fire broke out from the top of a building in Causeway Bay, a shopping center of Hong Kong Saturday afternoon.
There is no immediate report of casualties.
Heavy smoke is seen from the building. F… More >
Vietnam Jan 04 2014 “Factories”
Factory fire
Updated: 2014-01-06-08:46
Firefighters try to put out a blaze yesterday afternoon at the Mobase Viet Nam factory in northern Bac Ninh Province's Yen Phong Industrial Park. The blaze, which covered about 5,000 square metres of workshop, was under control after an hour of effort by hundre… More >
Nepal Jan 04 2014 “Stores”
Properties gutted in fire
Updated: 2014--01-04-17:24
KATHMANDU: Properties worth approximately Rs 700,000 were reduced to ashes when a hardware shop at Agamantole in Syuchatar-4 on the outskirt of the Capital caught a fire on Saturday morning.
An electrical short-circuit is believed to have started… More >
Malaysia Jan 04 2014 “Houses”
Paralysed Man Killed In Fire In Melaka
Updated: 2014-01-04-12:00
MELAKA, Jan 4 (Bernama) -- A paralysed man was found dead in a fire which destroyed four houses in Jalan Temenggong, here early this morning.
The body of the victim, C Sivalingam, 43, who was a former attendant of Melaka Hospital was … More >
Nepal Jan 03 2014 “Stores”
Fire guts five shops in Jhapa
Updated: 2013-01-03-14:52
JHAPA: At least five shops were reduced to ashes when a fire broke out at Bhadrapur Bazaar in Jhapa on Friday morning. The fire broke out at around 5:30 am.
The cause of the fire has been identified as electric short circuit.
No human casual… More >
Malaysia Jan 03 2014 “Houses”
Brothers Die In Lahad Datu Fire
Updated: 2014-01-03-12:00
LAHAD DATU, Jan 3 (Bernama) -- Two brothers were burnt alive in a fire at a house in Kampung Teck Guan Batu Satu, here, today.
Lahad Datu District Fire and Rescue Station chief, Mohd Apandi Mahmood said the brothers, identified as Mohd Firul… More >
Philippines Jan 03 2014 “Houses”
Batangas fire kills 2 children
Updated: 2014-01-04-12:00
BATANGAS, Philippines – Two siblings aged three and four were killed in a fire that gutted their house in Lipa City yesterday morning, police said.
Senior Superintendent Omega Jireh Fidel, Batangas police director, identified the fatalities a… More >
Singapore Jan 02 2014 “Building”
No reported injuries in Chinatown restaurant fire
Updated: 2014-01-02-18:20
Plumes of smoke were seen above the Chinatown area on Thursday afternoon after a fire broke out in a Chinese restaurant on New Bridge Road.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) received a call informing them of the fire… More >
Vietnam Jan 02 2014 “Houses”
Female student killed in house fire
Updated: 2014-01-04-09:34
HA NOI (VNS) — A third-year female student was killed in a fire that broke out in a rented house on Van Phuc Street, Ha Noi's Ba Dinh District, on Thursday morning.
Local residents said the fire started in a room on the second floor and … More >