Bangladesh Nov 14 2013 “Warehouses”
Fire at north Lebanon warehouse injures two
Updated: 2013-11-14-16:19
Fire in a warehouse north Lebanon on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013. (The Daily Star/NNA)
BEIRUT: A fire erupted at a tire warehouse in north Lebanon Thursday leaving a Syrian and a Lebanese worker badly injured.
The depot in the town… More >
India Nov 13 2013 “Automobile & Railway”
7 killed, 40 injured in Karnataka bus fire
Updated: 2013-11-14-06:51
HAVERI (Karnataka): Seven persons were killed while 40 others injured, six of them seriously, when a Mumbai-bound bus from Bangalore caught fire after hitting a road median in Karnataka district on Thursday.
The mishap occurred ne… More >
Nepal Nov 12 2013 “Automobile & Railway”
Activists set fire to bus in Nepal strike
Updated: 2013-11-12-19:11
Nepalese army soldiers patrol a street during a general strike in Katmandu, Nepal, Monday, Nov. 11, 2013. The alliance of 33 opposition parties called the general strike in an attempt to disrupt the Nov. 19 elections and plan a com… More >
China Nov 12 2013 “Other”
Chinese toddler 'forced to drink petrol then set on fire by mother in revenge for husband's disrespect'
Updated: 2013-11-12-10:53
A toddler has been left fighting for life after his mother forced him to drink PETROL then set him on fire, police said.
Shen Dan is believed to have torched her four-ye… More >
Philippines Nov 12 2013 “Building” “Complex bldg.”
Woman dies, 2 missing in Quezon City fire
Updated: 2013-11-14-05:15
A woman died while two people were reported missing after a fire hit a residential-commercial building in Quezon City shortly before midnight Wednesday.
The fatality in the fire was not identified but was described as 45 years old… More >
Nepal Nov 11 2013 “Houses”
UML Chairman Khanal's ancestral home torched
Updated: 2013-11-11-23:49
MANGALBARE: An unidentified group has attempted to set CPN-UML Chairman Jhalanath Khanal's ancestral house on fire at Sankhejung-4 last night. Khanal is contesting the November 19 Constituent Assembly election from constituency-1… More >
Nepal Nov 11 2013 “Automobile & Railway”
Buses torched with drivers sleeping inside
Updated: 2013-11-11-11:10
HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE
CHARIKOT / BHAKTAPUR: In separate incidents of arson in Dolakha and Bhaktapur today, three buses were set ablaze while drivers were sleeping inside. Police suspect the hand of bandh enforcers of 33-party all… More >
Thailand Nov 11 2013 “Automobile & Railway” “Building” “Complex bldg.”
Three die in Pathum Thani market fire
Updated: 2013-11-13-08:24
A fire ravages commercial buildings at a market in Pathum Thani on Tuesday. (Photo by Pongpat Wongyala)
Three people were killed and nine others were injured when a fire ravaged commercial buildings at a market in Pathum Thani on Tues… More >
Philippines Nov 11 2013 “Houses”
2 children killed in Lapu-Lapu fire
Updated: 2013-11-13-12:00
CEBU, Philippines - Two young boys were killed after a fire broke out in their rented house in Sitio Sacred Heart, Barangay Gun-ob, Lapu-Lapu City, last Monday afternoon.
Victims, Chris Joshua Maiz, three years old, and Joshua Christian… More >
Bangladesh Nov 11 2013 “Factories”
Gazipur garment factory catches fire
Updated: 2013-11-12
A fire broke out at a garment factory in BISIC industrial area of Gazipur Sadar upazila today.
The blaze originated around 8:00am at the printing section of Riad Knitting and Dying housed on the top floor of a four-storey building in the indu… More >