Philippines May 22 2013 “Building” “Office bldg.” “Other bldg.”
Fire hits Antipolo City library, Comelec field office
Updated: 2013-05-24-06:58
A fire of undetermined origin razed a two-story building housing the city library and Commission on Elections office in Antipolo City before midnight Thursday.
No one was initially reported injured in the fire, which s… More >
Philippines May 22 2013 “Building” “Hospitals”
Fire hits Davao mental facility; patient escapes
Updated: 2013-05-23-12:00
DAVAO CITY, Philippines – At least 197 patients of the Davao Mental Hospital here were evacuated when a fire struck its old main building yesterday morning.
Dr. Leopoldo Vega, the mental facility’s chief, said the main buil… More >
Nepal May 21 2013 “Building” “Schools”
Fire at school guts property worth Rs 3.5 million
Updated: 2013-05-22-11:35
TERHATHUM: Fire broke out at the Nabin Shikshya Sadan Higher Secondary School at Chhathar Phakchamara VDC here last night, destroying property worth 3.5 million rupees.
An unidentified group is said to have set the school … More >
Singapore May 21 2013 “Automobile & Railway”
Nine motorcycles damaged in fire at Traffic Police headquarters; SCDF investigating
Updated: 2013-05-21-15:21
Thick black smoke billowed into the skies over the headquarters of the Traffic Police just after lunch on Tuesday.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), responding to queries from The … More >
Nepal May 20 2013 “Other”
Woman sets herself on fire in Lampati
Updated: 2013-05-21-18:39
KATHMANDU: Machanani Maharjan (52) of Lampati, Kathmandu MPC-14 who set herself on fire died during treatment in the Kalanki-based Shahid Memorial Hospital on Monday.
Maharjan was found by her son in flames after she doused kerosene o… More >
China May 20 2013 “Factories” “Warehouses”
12 dead in E China plant blast
Updated: 2013-05-20-14:01
JINAN - 12 people have been confirmed dead in a blast that ripped through an explosives manufacturing plant in East China's Shandong province Monday morning.
The explosion occurred at 10:50 am at the plant owned by the Poly Explosives (Jinan… More >
Thailand May 20 2013 “Apartment houses” “Building” “Houses”
Help pours in after mother loses two children in fire
Updated: 2013-05-24-00:27
Chutikan Polnok, 39, who lost her 13-year-old son and nine-year-old daughter in a fire that gutted her home in Phitsanulok on Tuesday night, thanks well-wishers for the help given to her family after the tragedy. (Photo… More >
Philippines May 20 2013 “Apartment houses” “Building” “Houses”
80 families lose homes in Tondo fire
Updated: 2013-05-22-08:48
At least 80 families lost their homes in a fire that hit a residential area in Manila's Tondo district shortly before midnight Tuesday.
No one was initially reported injured in the fire at Almario Street in Dagupan area, radio dzBB rep… More >
Philippines May 19 2013 “Apartment houses” “Building” “Houses”
200 families lose homes as fire hits residential area near PNP HQ
Updated: 2013-05-21-03:27
At least 200 families lost their homes after a fire razed a residential area near the Philippine National Police headquarters Monday afternoon.
Some 50 houses were destroyed in the fire at 1st Avenue in Wes… More >
Philippines May 19 2013 “Automobile & Railway”
Bus catches fire on EDSA
Updated: 2013-05-19-19:48
A portion of Epifanio delos Santos Avenue (EDSA) in Makati City may not be quite passable due to a bus that caught fire there Sunday evening.
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority said the bus caught fire at about 7:15 p.m. at the southbou… More >