Bangladesh Feb 01 2013 “Building” “Schools”
One hurt in cocktail blast at DU
Updated: 2013-02-02
A rickshaw puller was injured as cocktails exploded on Dhaka University campus around 9:00pm yesterday.
Mansur Ali, 40, was taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital with wounds in his right leg.
Witnesses said five to six cocktails exploded ther… More >
China Jan 31 2013 “Automobile & Railway”
At least 5 killed in bus accident in NW China
Updated: 2013-02-02-04:19
LANZHOU - At least five people were killed after a bus tumbled into a ravine and caught fire Friday night in northwest China's Gansu Province, local government said.
The accident occurred around 10:30 p.m. near the county seat… More >
China Jan 31 2013 “Automobile & Railway”
Authorities investigate arson at docks of Sun Moon Lake
Updated: 2013-02-01-01:01
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- A ferry was destroyed yesterday by fire at a dock on Sun Moon Lake (日月潭), and police believe arson may have been the cause.
Fire erupted on the vessel at approximately 2 a.m., was contained by the f… More >
Malaysia Jan 31 2013 “Building” “Office bldg.” “Stores”
Fire Destroys Sawmill In Tawau
Updated: 2013-01-31-12:26
TAWAU, Jan 31 (Bernama) -- Fire gutted an office and a store at a sawmill in Tanjung Batu, Tengah Logpond near here, in a pre-dawn fire this morning.
Tawau Fire and Rescue Department assistant head Faisal Ahmad said the fire destroyed about … More >
India Jan 30 2013 “Houses”
45 houses gutted, 300 rendered homeless in fire incidents
Updated: 2013-02-02-01:21
ITANAGAR: Property worth several lakhs was destroyed and 300 people were rendered homeless in separate incidents of fire across Arunachal Pradesh since Thursday.
Thirty-five dwellings were reduced to ashes in a fir… More >
Philippines Jan 30 2013 “Building” “Houses”
92-year-old woman dies in Laguna fire
Updated: 2013-01-31-12:00
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna, Philippines – A 92-year-old woman was killed in a two-hour fire that struck her two-story ancestral house in Sta. Maria, Laguna yesterday morning, police said.
Senior Inspector Nelson Sardin, Sta. Maria polic… More >
Philippines Jan 30 2013 “Building” “Houses”
60 families affected in downtown Manila fire
Updated: 2013-01-30-23:12
At least 60 families lost their homes Wednesday noon after a fire razed a building along Quezon Boulevard in Manila's Sta. Cruz district.
The fire started at 12:35 p.m. at the fourth floor of the residential building, according… More >
Philippines Jan 30 2013 “Building” “Houses”
200 families homeless as fire hits shanties in Taguig
Updated: 2013-01-30-12:11
MANILA, Philippines - A fire of still undetermined origin struck the Mini Park area in Taguig City before dawn Wednesday, leaving at least 200 families homeless.
According to the Taguig City Fire Department, the fire a… More >
Philippines Jan 29 2013 “Building” “Complex bldg.” “Stores”
Fire hits commercial building
Updated: 2013-01-31-12:00
CEBU, Philippines - A fire struck a two-storey commercial building along C. Padilla St., Barangay San Nicolas, Cebu City yesterday afternoon that ate up half a hundred thousand worth of properties.
The fire, which was traced to electrical mis… More >
Bangladesh Jan 29 2013 “Building” “Stores”
Warehouse, 30 shops gutted
Updated: 2013-01-30
A jute warehouse and at least 30 shops were gutted in two fire incidents in Narayanganj and Chandpur yesterday.
In Narayanganj, huge quantities of raw jute burned down when a devastating fire broke out at the warehouse of Joha and Brothers in the town… More >