Bangladesh Jan 02 2014 “Warehouses”
Warehouse, 3 vehicles gutted in Ctg fires
Updated: 2014-01-02-12:50
A warehouse and three vehicles have been gutted in two fires in Chittagong.
The incidents took place early on Thursday.
However, there were no reports of any casualties.
A vehicle caught fire in the city’s Katapahar area around … More >
Bangladesh Jan 02 2014 “Automobile & Railway”
Bus on fire in Mirpur
Updated: 2014-01-02-12:31
A fire has broken out in a bus in Dhaka’s Mirpur.
However, no casualties were reported.
A bus of the 'Pallabi Super Paribahan' caught fire in front of Sony Cinema of Mirpur-2 around 9.30am on Thursday after its engine overheated, said Mirpur Police… More >
Philippines Jan 01 2014 “Building” “Houses”
Firecracker stalls destroyed by fire
Updated: 2014-01-03-12:00
CEBU, Philippines - Fires broke out in the towns of San Fernando and Samboan during New Year's Day, causing almost P400,000 in damages.(8,970$:1PHP=0.022427USD,1/12 rate)
In the first incident, four firecracker stalls … More >
China Jan 01 2014 “Houses”
Family of four die in house fire
Updated: 2014-01-02-13:11
HANGZHOU - A family of four died in a house fire in East China's Zhejiang province on Wednesday night, local authorities said Thursday.
The fire in a prefabricated house in Shatiantou village, Xiaoshan district, began around 10:30 pm and wa… More >
Korea Jan 01 2014 “Other”
Anti-Park protester sets himself on fire, dies
Updated: 2014-01-01-16:26
A 40-year-old man died after setting himself on fire on an overpass near Seoul Station on Tuesday, police said.
The man, identified by his surname Lee, self-immolated at 5:35 p.m., Tuesday, and was declared dead after being ta… More >
Philippines Dec 31 2013 “Other”
Firecracker stalls destroyed by fire
Updated: 2014-01-03-12:00
CEBU, Philippines - Fires broke out in the towns of San Fernando and Samboan during New Year's Day, causing almost P400,000 in damages.
In the first incident, four firecracker stalls in a vacant lot at the Barangay Poblacion public mar… More >
India Dec 31 2013 “Shipboard”
Chinese cargo ship catches fire
Updated: 2013-12-31-23:05
MUMBAI: A Chinese cargo ship caught fire is the sea on Tuesday evening. The incident took place in the jurisdiction of Yellow Gate police station.
A police officer said that their team had gone to the spot and that they did not have informa… More >
Bangladesh Dec 31 2013 “Other” “Stores”
7 injured in Mouchak blasts
Updated: 2013-12-31-21:55
At least seven persons, including four policemen, have been injured in explosions at Dhaka's Mouchak on the last day of the outgoing year.
Police said the bombs were hurled at them below the Mouchak overpass at around 6pm on Tuesday, a day befor… More >
China Dec 30 2013 “Houses”
Six die in S China fire
Updated: 2013-12-30-11:29
GUANGZHOU - Six people were killed in a fire in Qingyuan city, South China's Guangdong province on Sunday, local authorities said on Monday.
The fire broke out in a three-storey residential building in Shitan town, Qingxin district under Qingyuan at… More >
Bangladesh Dec 30 2013 “Building”
Short-circuit behind Russian embassy fire
Updated: 2013-12-30-14:55
Short-circuit in a refrigerator started the fire at the Russian embassy on Monday morning.
But it was controlled by fire fighters in less than an hour. Nobody was injured.
Golam Mostafa at the fire control room, however, told bd… More >