India Oct 17 2013 “Automobile & Railway”
Private van illegally ferrying schoolkids catches fire
Updated: 2013-10-18-01:33
MUMBAI: A private van ferrying eight kindergarten children to school caught fire on Shahaji Raje Road in Vile Parle (east) at 8am on Thursday. All eight kids were safely rescued before the vehicle caught fire.
The wh… More >
Philippines Oct 17 2013 “Houses”
Sinsuat town fire displaces 108 families
Updated: 2013-10-17-13:23
MAGUINDANAO, Philippines --- The Wednesday fire that razed more than a hundred houses and killed three villagers in Datu Odin Sinsuat town displaced 108 poor Moro families, officials announced Thursday.
Vice Gov. Haroun Al-Rashid L… More >
Philippines Oct 17 2013 “Automobile & Railway”
Bus catches fire on EDSA; passengers safe
Updated: 2013-10-17-12:45
Photo from the official twitter account of Metro Manila Development Authority.
MANILA, Philippines - A passenger bus travelling on the south-bound lane of EDSA caught fire Thursday morning as it approached Cubao, the Metropolitan… More >
Nepal Oct 16 2013 “Automobile & Railway”
Moving bus catches fire in Dailekh
Updated: 2013-10-16-19:17
RSS
DAILEKH: A passenger bus (Na 5 Kha 1049) caught fire as it was heading towards Surkhet from Dailekh on Wednesday afternoon.
The engine of the bus got overheated at the Ghamtapne hills and caught fire all of a sudden, according to poli… More >
Malaysia Oct 16 2013 “Automobile & Railway”
Driver Jumps Out Of Burning Vehicle After Gas Cylinder Explodes
Updated: 2013-10-16-12:00
KUCHING, Oct 16 ( Bernama) -- The driver of a 4WD vehicle jumped out of the burning vehicle after a gas cylinder exploded in Jalan Petanak, here at noon today.
After abandoning the burning vehicle, the driver … More >
Bangladesh Oct 16 2013 “Houses”
531 houses gutted in Hazaribagh fire
Updated: 2013-10-18
UNB, Dhaka
A total of 531 houses, including 24 shanties of a slum, were burnt to ashes in a fire in the city’s Hazaribagh area Thursday night.
Nilufar Yasmin, a duty officer at the Fire Service Control Room, said the fire originated from a … More >
Philippines Oct 16 2013 “Houses”
Fire guts 50 houses in war-hit Zambo City
Updated: 2013-10-17-14:55
ZAMBOANGA CITY - A huge fire gutted at least 50 houses made of light materials in Barangay Kasanyangan on Wednesday night.
The blaze happened as residents have started to return to their homes after the 20-day standoff between the… More >
Philippines Oct 16 2013 “Houses”
3 killed in Maguindanao fire
Updated: 2013-10-16-15:45
MAGUINDANAO, Philippines - Three ethnic Maguindanaon villagers were killed in a fire that razed 130 houses in Taviran District in Datu Odin Sinsuat town at dawn Wednesday.
The fatalities were identified as Baileng Benito, 23, and her siblings… More >
Indonesia Oct 15 2013 “Houses”
Fire guts 80 houses inTaman Sari
Updated: 2013-10-17-07:16
Fire destroyed 80 houses on Tuesday in a densely populated neighborhood in Taman Sari, West Jakarta.
Subdistrict head Paris Limbong said on Wednesday that he did not know when exactly the fire had started, but he suspected that it had been … More >
Korea Oct 15 2013 “Building”
Man set fire to motel, police say
Updated: 2013-10-15-17:52
A stressed office worker set fire to the motel where he was staying in Wanju, North Jeolla Province, police said Tuesday.
On Thursday last week, at about 1:40 a.m., the man, surnamed Kim, 29, allegedly made a small stack of matches, and li… More >