Bangladesh Mar 08 2013 “Building” “Stores”
Shops of Hindus set on fire, theft at temple
Updated: 2013-03-11
Unidentified criminals set three shops belonging to Hindus on fire at Bangla Bazar in Baralekha upazila of the district on Friday night.
Two nearby temples were spared as the fire fighting units brought the blaze under control in an h… More >
Philippines Mar 07 2013 “Houses”
2 hurt in Malabon fire
Updated: 2013-03-08-12:00
MANILA, Philippines - Two people were hurt while 30 families were rendered homeless when a fire broke out at a slum area in Malabon City yesterday morning.
Flordeliza Mira Fuentes, 24; and Julito Bernales, 43, were hit by pieces of… More >
Philippines Mar 07 2013 “Building”
Fire near Manila City Hall snarls traffic
Updated: 2013-03-07-06:36
An early morning fire razed a residential-commercial area near the Manila City Hall early Thursday, snarling traffic in the area.
The fire affected structures that included a boarding house and mobile phone repair shop… More >
Philippines Mar 03 2013 “Forest”
Bush fire hits Buhisan Watershed
Updated: 2013-03-05-12:00
CEBU, Philippines - Thee first bush fire at the Buhisan Watershed and Forest Reserve happened Sunday night, a few days into March, which is fire prevention.
About half a hectare of seedlings, mostly planted two years ago, … More >
Philippines Mar 01 2013 “Houses”
1 fire, 1 dead on Day 1 of prevention month
Updated: 2013-03-02-12:00
Jenalyn Relano grieves over the remains of her daughter Anna, the lone fatality in a fire that razed a slum community in Barangay Tagumpay, Project 4, Quezon City yesterday.
MANILA, Philippines - A girl died and a firefighter … More >
China Mar 01 2013 “Other”
Carbon monoxide poisoning kills 11 in coal mine
Updated: 2013-03-02-02:46
SHIJIAZHUANG - Carbon monoxide poisoning killed 11 people, after an air compressor caught fire in a coal mine in North China's Hebei province, local authorities said Friday.
Two miners have been missing since the accident o… More >
China Feb 28 2013 “Forest”
2,000 battling SW China forest fire
Updated: 2013-02-28-14:42
KUNMING - Some 2,000 people in Southwest China's Yunnan province are working to put out a forest fire that broke out early on Thursday morning, local authorities have said.
The fire erupted around 2:30 am at the Yangzonghai forest farm… More >
Philippines Feb 27 2013 “Houses”
Fire displaces 500 families in Valenzuela
Updated: 2013-02-27-16:06
MANILA, Philippines - Fire struck a residential area in Valenzuela City Wednesday afternoon, leaving at least 500 families homeless.
Reports said that the fire broke out at past noon at the De Gula compound along … More >
Philippines Feb 27 2013 “Houses”
Fire guts 6 houses, damages ten more in Quiot Pardo
Updated: 2013-02-28-12:00
CEBU, Philippines - A fire struck and damaged at least 10 houses in sitio Kalubihan, Barangay Quiot Pardo at past 1 pm yesterday.
People scampered in different directions while most saved their belongings from t… More >
China Feb 26 2013
Title1 injured in tanker boiler blast in Bohai Bay
Updated: 2013-02-26 17:31
JINAN - One crew member was injured when a boiler on an oil tanker burst Tuesday morning in East China's Bohai Bay, according to local maritime authorities.
The fire that broke out on the Shunkai 79 has been extinguis… More >