China Aug 25 2013 “Aircraft”
12 injured in plane blaze
Updated: 2013-08-26-11:17
Twelve people have been injured after an engine caught fire on take-off at Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport in Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong province on Sunday evening, chinanews.com reported.
Twelve passengers suffered slight injuries du… More >
Philippines Aug 25 2013 “Apartment houses” “Houses”
2 hurt, 15 houses razed in fire
Updated: 2013-08-26-12:00
CEBU, Philippines - Two persons were injured and at least 15 houses went up in smoke after a fire hit a thickly-populated area in Barangay Carreta yesterday afternoon.
Fire investigator Emiliano Daño identified the victims as Cresente Duran… More >
India Aug 25 2013 “Automobile & Railway”
Three burnt alive as ambulance catches fire
Updated: 2013-08-25-11:20
LUCKNOW: A newborn and two women died after the ambulance carrying them caught fire on meeting an accident. The lady who had delivered the child just before the accident is undergoing treatment at KGMU's trauma centre and remaine… More >
Nepal Aug 25 2013 “Automobile & Railway”
Parked school bus catches fire
Updated: 2013-08-25-18:06
THT ONLINE
KATHMANDU: A parked school bus (Ba 1 Ka 5187) was reduced to ashes after a fire broke out in the premises of Somang Academy School in Thecho VDC-9, Lalitpur in the wee hours of Sunday.
Police said that two other buses were also des… More >
Thailand Aug 24 2013 “Factories”
Fire at smoked rubber factory
Updated: 2013-08-25-11:23
A smoked rubber factory in Chumphon province caught fire on Saturday night, police said.
Pol Capt Charnnarong Srisueb, an investigating officer at Tha Sae police station, said the fire destroyed about 30% to 40% of the factory warehouse on Pe… More >
Philippines Aug 24 2013 “Building” “Houses”
2 children die in Quezon province fire
Updated: 2013-08-25-07:50
Two children died in a predawn fire in Lopez town in Quezon province Sunday.
Both children, aged 7 and 9, were alone in the house when the fire broke out, radio dzBB reported.
Arson investigators are looking into information the fir… More >
Indonesia Aug 24 2013 “Building” “Stores”
Faulty wiring blamed for Palmerah market fire
Updated: 2013-08-26-06:16
A fire gutted the second floor of the Palmerah market in West Jakarta at 3 a.m. on Sunday. No casualties were reported.
"We suspect that the fire was a result of a short circuit in electrical wiring provided by state-owned elec… More >
Nepal Aug 24 2013 “Factories”
Massive fire breaks out at Bara steel factory
Updated: 2013-08-24-10:45
THT ONLINE
Update: After an hour of raging, the fire was put out at around 10:45 am this morning by Nepal Police and Nepal Army personnel backed by locals.
Jayaram Kuikel, Police Inspector at Area Police Office, Simara identifi… More >
Indonesia Aug 23 2013 “Houses”
Fire engulfs 58 buildings in Makassar
Updated: 2013-08-24-14:48
Around 58 buildings were gutted by fire on Friday in two separate locations in Makassar, South Sulawesi, but no casualties had yet been reported, an official said.
Bahtiar Tawil of the Makassar Fire Department said that the fire severe… More >
Indonesia Aug 23 2013 “Stores”
Fire engulfs 58 buildings in Makassar
Updated: 2013-08-24-14:48
Around 58 buildings were gutted by fire on Friday in two separate locations in Makassar, South Sulawesi, but no casualties had yet been reported, an official said.
Bahtiar Tawil of the Makassar Fire Department said that at around 8 a.m… More >