Philippines Dec 27 2013 “Building” “Office bldg.”
Fire hits Metrobank building, prompts vigilance reminder
Updated: 2013-12-29-12:00
CEBU, Philippines - Properties worth P100,000 were destroyed Friday night after a fire broke out in the stockroom of the Department of Energy (DOE) office at the 11th floor of the Metrobank building near the Fuente … More >
Thailand Dec 27 2013 “Houses” “Other bldg.”
Fire sweeps Tak refugee camp
Updated: 2013-12-27-20:51
TAK - A ferocious blaze on Friday swept through part of the Mae La camp for Karen refugees in Tha Song Yang district of Tak province, injuring one man.
District chief Somchai Traithipchartsakul said that 93 shelters in zone C had been razed an… More >
Philippines Dec 27 2013 “Automobile & Railway”
Manila-bound passenger bus catches fire at SLEX
Updated: 2013-12-27-12:32
A passenger bus is engulfed by fire after developing engine trouble as it travels along the South Luzon Expressway in Sta. Rosa, Laguina on Friday, December 27. No one was reported hurt in the incident. Atty. Jong via YouScoo… More >
Brunei Dec 27 2013 “Houses”
Fire leaves 19 homeless
Updated: 2013-12-27
Thick smoke billowing from the destroyed house as firefighters are seen dousing the fire
Fire fighters containing the blaze
A FIRE engulfed a two-storey wooden house belonging to Dyg Saidah binti Hj Mahali along the vicinity of Kg Pancha Delima yesterday… More >
Nepal Dec 26 2013 “Houses”
Fire breaks out at Golchha House in Morang
Updated: 2013-12-26-13:20
BIRATNAGAR: A fire broke out at the house of renowned business family of Golchha group in Morang, Biratnagar-3 on Thursday morning.
The fire was later brought under control with the help locals, police and two fire engines.
Preli… More >
China Dec 25 2013 “Building” “Stores”
Four killed in shopping mall fire
Updated: 2013-12-27-07:22
CHENGDU - A fire in a shopping mall in downtown Luzhou City of Southwest China's Sichuan province Thursday night left 37 people injured, including five seriously, according to fire fighters.
A total of 28 fire engines had been mobilized to… More >
Nepal Dec 25 2013 “Stores”
Fire guts property worth Rs 4 lakh
Updated: 2013-12-25-16:43
KATHMANDU: Property worth Rs 400,000 was gutted in a fire that erupted last night at a grocery shop owned by one Bikash Khadka (28) in Jorpati-2, near the temple of Ardhauleshwor Mahadev.
The shop was located at the ground floor of the tw… More >
Vietnam Dec 25 2013 “Houses”
Woman dies in Ha Noi house fire
Updated: 2013-12-26-09:13
A woman was killed in a fire that broke out in a house on Tran Dang Ninh Street, Ha Noi's Cau Giay District yesterday morning.— Photo vnexpress
HA NOI (VNS)— A woman was killed in a fire that broke out in a house on Tran Dang Ninh Street, … More >
Philippines Dec 25 2013 “Building”
Fire hits BIR building in Caloocan
Updated: 2013-12-26-12:00
MANILA, Philippines - A fire reportedly caused by defective Christmas lights broke out at the fourth floor of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) building along EDSA in Caloocan City on Christmas Day.
No one was reported injured in the … More >
Nepal Dec 24 2013 “Automobile & Railway”
Bike destroyed in fire
Updated: 2013-12-24-16:58
KATHMANDU: A motorcycle was reduced to ashes after it caught fire while it was parked in front of the west gate of the Balaju Industrial Area in the Capital on Monday.
According to the police, the bike (Ba 44 Pa 4369) was owned by Surendra Shrestha o… More >