India Nov 11 2012 “Building”
70 lakh property lost in Verna fire
VASCO: Property worth 70 lakh was destroyed in a fire that broke out in the third floor office of the Tevapharma India Pvt. Ltd, in the Verna industrial estate, in the wee hours of Sunday.
Personnel from the Verna and Margao fire stations extinguished the blaze … More >
Philippines Nov 10 2012 “Houses”
Muntinlupa fire leaves 400 families homeless
Updated: 2012-11-12-12:42
MANILA, Philippines - About 400 families were rendered homeless in a fire that hit a slum area in Muntinlupa City Saturday night.
City fire marshall Chief Inspector Roderick Aguto said these families occupied the 200 shanties … More >
Myanmar Nov 10 2012 “Automobile & Railway”
Myanmar train blaze leaves 25 dead, 100 injured
YANGON (AFP) - Investigators searched for clues on Saturday to the cause of a train derailment and an ensuing blaze that killed 25 people and injured nearly 100 more in northern Myanmar.
Two petrol tankers loaded onto the train overturned in Friday's… More >
India Nov 09 2012 “Other”
3 vehicles go up in flames in one night
The writer has posted comments on this articleTNN | Nov 10, 2012, 04.58AM IST
CHENNAI: Three vehicles went up in flames in different parts of the city on Friday morning. The fires did not injure anyone.
A Tata Ace mini-truck carrying a load of cardboard she… More >
Philippines Nov 09 2012 “Building”
Fire breaks out in Gateway Mall basement in Cubao, Quezon City
Updated: 2012-11-09-10:32
Fire broke out at the basement of the Gateway Mall in Cubao, Quezon City late Friday evening, the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said via its official Twitter account.
The MMDA said the fire was at… More >
Philippines Nov 08 2012 “Houses”
NDRRMC: 92 families affected in Thursday's Parañaque fire
Updated: 2012-11-09-07:52
At least 92 families face a bleak Christmas after losing their homes to a fire that hit a depressed area in Parañaque City Thursday, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said Friday.
In its … More >
India Nov 06 2012 “Houses”
‘Woman, mother were killed’
The writer has posted comments on this articleDwaipayan GhoshDwaipayan Ghosh, TNN | Nov 11, 2012,
NEW DELHI: Police are certain that the two women, whose charred remains were found inside their house in Rajouri Garden four days ago, were murdered. Police sources inform… More >
China Nov 06 2012 “Other”
Four Tibetans set themselves on fire
BBC Online
At least four people set themselves on fire in ethnic Tibetan parts of China on Wednesday, a rights group and media reports say.
Three teenage monks set themselves alight in Aba county in Sichuan province, where many self-immolations have taken pla… More >
India Nov 05 2012 “Houses”
Injuries burn a dent in Diwali festivities
The writer has posted comments on this articleTNN | Nov 15, 2012, 12.51 AM IST
BHUBANESWAR/CUTTACK: Diwali is over but the burn marks it has left behind will take days to heal. Nearly 200 people with severe burns and eye injuries due to explosion of crack… More >
Philippines Nov 05 2012 “Houses”
99-year-old woman dies in Caloocan fire
Updated: 2012-11-06-02:02
A 99-year-old woman perished in a fire that razed her house in the Bagong Silang area in Caloocan City Monday night.
The victim, identified as Inocencia Oflada, was trapped inside her home in Barangay 175 in Sitio Matarik, radio dz… More >