Vietnam Sep 14 2013 “Building” “Complex bldg.” “Stores”
Burnt trade centre at risk of collapse
Updated: 2013-09-18-09:02
A four-storey trade centre in northern Hai Duong Province that caught fire last Saturday is likely to collapse, warned Le Quang Hung, director of the State Authority for Construction Quality.— VNA/VNS Photo
HAI DUONG (VNS)— A four-st… More >
China Sep 14 2013 “Factories”
5 killed in chemical plant blast
Updated: 2013-09-15-10:36
SHENYANG - Five people were killed in an explosion in a plant in Northeast China's Liaoning province on Saturday, local authorities said on Sunday.
The explosion occurred at around 10 am Saturday in a small private chemical plant in Dongzho… More >
Indonesia Sep 13 2013 “Houses”
Fire guts 80 houses in Ancol
Updated: 2013-09-15-10:51
Fire has gutted around 80 houses on Jl. Tongkol, Ancol, North Jakarta, leaving approximately 300 people homeless.
The fire on Friday, which claimed no lives, started around 2 p.m. and quickly swept through the neighborhood located beside railwa… More >
China Sep 12 2013 “Building”
Blaze at military building in Taipei kills two people
Updated: 2013-09-14-21:30
Two people died from burns at the Ministry of National Defense (MND) Reserve Command building in Taipei after a fire broke out in the basement at around 9:30pm on Thursday evening.
A further four suffered burns or smoke … More >
Nepal Sep 12 2013 “Houses”
18yo Indian succumbs to burn injuries
Updated: 2013-09-12-19:27
KATHMANDU: An Indian national burnt to death in Lalitpur on Thursday morning.
The victim has been identified as Pinky Dole (18) currently residing in Mangalbazaar, Lalitpur. Dole had suffered a serious burn after a fire triggered by le… More >
Philippines Sep 12 2013 “Building” “Houses”
1 dead in predawn Manila fire — report
Updated: 2013-09-13-04:54
At least one person died in a predawn fire that hit a commercial-residential building in Manila's Sta. Cruz district on Friday morning.
The fire started about 3 a.m. at 2512 Leonor Rivera Street in Sta. Cruz near the Chinese General … More >
Thailand Sep 12 2013 “Apartment houses”
Fire on Soi Thaweethapisek 42
Updated: 2013-09-12-10:25
A fire destroyed homes in Wat Nak Khlang community on Soi Thaweethapisek 42, Arunamarin road, in Bangkok's Bangkok Yai district on Thursday morning, reports said.
Eight houses were reported to have burnt down. No one was injured.
Firefighter… More >
Thailand Sep 12 2013 “Houses”
Blaze breaks out in Wang Thong Lang district
Updated: 2013-09-12-14:45
A fire broke out at a printing house of the Business Organisation of the Office of the Welfare Promotion Commission for Teachers and Educational Personnel in Bangkok’s Wang Thong Lang district early Thursday morning.
The fire w… More >
Philippines Sep 12 2013 “Building” “Houses”
Fire breaks out in Zambo barangay
Updated: 2013-09-12-16:39
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines - Thick smokes billowed as three separate conflagration incidents hit the city Thursday afternoon, but firetrucks were prevented from closing in by the volley of fires coming from the rebels positioned in variou… More >
Nepal Sep 11 2013 “Apartment houses”
Three injured in blaze
Updated: 2013-09-11-23:34
KATHMANDU: Three persons, including two of a family, suffered burns when a fire broke out in Bishnu Budhanilkantha-based rented room of Kamal Rai on Tuesday evening. Police said a leaky LPG cylinder had triggered fire. The injured are Pramila Rai, 20,… More >