Philippines Dec 24 2013 “Houses”
4 hurt, hundreds of families affected in Muntinlupa fire
Updated: 2013-12-26-05:34
At least four people were injured and hundreds of families lost there home after a fire razed a residential area in Muntinlupa City Wednesday night.
Firefighters had difficulty controlling the fire along Guillermo S… More >
Philippines Dec 24 2013 “Houses”
Woman, son killed in Malate fire
Updated: 2013-12-25-12:00
MANILA, Philippines - A 90-year-old woman and her son died in a three-hour fire that struck a residential area in Malate, Manila at past midnight yesterday.
Rosario Garcia and son Rodolfo Castro, 60, were trapped in their home in Barangay … More >
Philippines Dec 24 2013 “Houses”
Investigators probing cause of fire in Tawi-Tawi town
Updated: 2013-12-25-14:34
COTABATO CITY, Philippines --- Fire probers are still investigating the cause of fire that razed 272 houses in a seaside village in Bongao town in Tawi-Tawi just before Christmas.
Inspector James Ra, provincial fire … More >
China Dec 23 2013 “Shipboard”
4 missing after Taiwanese fishing boat catches fire
Updated: 2013-12-23-16:59
Taipei, Dec. 23 (CNA) All four crew members of a Taiwanese fishing boat that caught fire off Taichung Harbor in central Taiwan late Saturday had remained unaccounted for as of Monday, according to the Coast Guard Administr… More >
Nepal Dec 23 2013 “Houses”
Fire guts property worth Rs. 800‚000 in Saptari
Updated: 2013-12-23-14:37
SAPTARI: Property worth Rs. 800,000 was gutted by fire at Inaruwa VDC in Saptari district last night.
The fire that started from a cowshed of Jogendra Yadav of Inaruwa VDC-9 destroyed six houses of three families. Police said… More >
Nepal Dec 23 2013 “Factories” “Stores”
Huge property gutted
Updated: 2013-12-23-11:38
HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE
BIRATNAGAR: Dozens of shops were gutted after a fire broke out from Bread Industry and a jute godown at the main bazaar of Biratnagar today morning. The blaze broke out suddenly from Laxmi Bread Industry and the jute godown in Bir… More >
Philippines Dec 23 2013 “Building” “Warehouses”
Paranaque warehouse fire contained after 17 hours
Updated: 2013-12-23-18:14
MANILA, Philippines - The fire that struck a warehouse and two adjacent buildings in Barangay Sto. Nino in Para単aque City early Monday was placed under control after almost 17 hours.
According to the Para単aque City Central… More >
Singapore Dec 22 2013 “Apartment houses” “Building”
Thick, black smoke spews out from flat on fire at Sengkang
Updated: 2013-12-22-12:00
An HDB unit at Compassvale Lane in Sengkang caught fire this morning (Dec 22).
Thick black smoke was seen emitting from the unit.
STOMPer Sher sent in pictures of the fire and wrote:
"At 9.20am today, a unit at… More >
China Dec 22 2013 “Houses”
47 homes burnt in fire in SE China
Updated: 2013-12-24-12:00
47 homes were burnt in a fire that broke out
in a residential community in southeast China's Fuzhou city Sunday morning, according to the local fire department.
The fire occurred at 00:30 a.m., and it was put out in about three hours aft… More >
Philippines Dec 22 2013 “Stores”
Firecracker store fire: Teener dies
Updated: 2013-12-24-12:00
CEBU, Philippines - A 15-year-old boy died, while his companion was wounded after a fire broke out inside a makeshift firecracker store in the public plaza in Escalante City, Negros Occidental.
The victims, identified as Jomar Palo, 15,… More >