Bangladesh Nov 11 2013 “Building” “Complex bldg.”
Fire at Motijheel commercial building
Updated: 2013-11-12
Smokes come out from one of the top floors of a commercial building in capital’s Motijheel today. Fire fighters were able to bring the fire under control later. Photo: Focus Bangla
A fire broke out in a high-rise building at Dilkusha Commer… More >
India Nov 11 2013 “Building” “Houses”
4 killed in Mumbai building fire
Updated: 2013-11-11-09:01
MUMBAI: Four persons were killed and eight others got injured when a fire broke out in a seven-storey building in suburban Vikhroli on early morning, officials said.
Fire brigade sources said the fire broke out in the building located in… More >
Nepal Nov 10 2013 “Houses”
Fire destroys house in Jhapa
Updated: 2013-11-10-11:38
BHADRAPUR: A house was destroyed with fire at Chandragadhi-5 in the district on Saturday evening. The house belonged to Sarita Magar.
Properties worth Rs 100,000 were destroyed in the fire, said the District Police Office.
The fire was brought… More >
Vietnam Nov 09 2013 “Shipboard”
Container ship fire contained
Updated: 2013-11-11-16:01
The fire originated from a container on the South Koreanship Heung A Dragon at 2:30pm on Saturday, discharging white and yellow smoke.—VNA/VNS Photo Manh Duong
BA RIA - VUNG TAU (VNS) – Firefighters were able to contain a fire on November 10… More >
Philippines Nov 09 2013 “Stores”
Probers still looking for leads on Pikit market fire
Updated: 2013-11-11-15:51
NORTH COTABATO, Philippines -- Fire probers are still clueless on the cause of fire that razed Saturday night more than 50 stores at the public market of Pikit town in the province.
Aurelio Pulido Jr., municipal local g… More >
Philippines Nov 09 2013 “Schools”
Fire hits NCBA’s QC campus
Updated: 2013-11-10-12:00
MANILA, Philippines - Some P5 million worth of properties were destroyed by a fire that broke out at the National College of Business and Arts (NCBA) campus in Quezon City yesterday morning.
Superintendent Samuel Tadeo, Quezon City deputy fire m… More >
Singapore Nov 08 2013 “Factories”
Fire at Tuas incineration plant under control but firefighting efforts continue
Updated: 2013-11-08-23:53
SCDF conducting internal Fire fighting operations at the affected premises. The fire which broke out at an incineration plant in Tuas has been brought under control, though firefighting effort… More >
China Nov 08 2013 “Apartment houses”
Fire at Neihu apartment claims at least five lives
Updated: 2013-11-09-12:10
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- An apartment building on the first section of Neihu Road caught fire last night, leaving five dead, one of them a six-month-old baby.
The intense fire initially broke out in a second-story home on Neihu Ro… More >
Indonesia Nov 08 2013 “Factories”
3 men injured in incineration plant fire at Tuas
Updated: 2013-11-08-12:00
SINGAPORE - Three men were injured in a fire that broke out in an industrial building at Tuas on Friday evening.
According to a statement from the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), the fire broke out in an incineration p… More >
Philippines Nov 08 2013 “Apartment houses”
3 killed in predawn Manila fire – report
Updated: 2013-11-09-05:09
At least three people were reported killed in a predawn fire that razed a residential building in Manila's Sta. Mesa district Saturday.
The fire, which gutted a two-story residential structure in the Bacood area, started at 1:19 a.… More >