China Jun 28 2012 “Automobile & Railway”
Leaking oil in S China ignites, killing 20
Updated: 2012-06-30-04:53
At least 20 people were killed and another 27 injured in explosions triggered by solvent oil that leaked from a rear-ended tanker truck in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, on Friday morning.
The solvent oil flowed down to the drai… More >
Philippines Jun 28 2012 “Building” “Houses”
NDRRMC: Two killed in Abra province fire
Updated: 2012-06-30-08:40
Two people were killed in a fire that hit a two-story house in Abra province early Friday, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said Saturday.
In its 6 a.m. report, the NDRRMC said the fire started at 2 a.m.… More >
Korea Jun 28 2012 “Building” “Other bldg.”
2 killed and four injured in restaurant fire
Updated: 2012-06-28-16:23
A pre-dawn fire in a restaurant in Seoul killed two waiters and injured four others, police officers said Thursday.
The fire broke out in a rooftop room of the three-story restaurant in central Seoul around 4:10 a.m. where th… More >
Malaysia Jun 28 2012 “Building” “Houses”
Fire Destroys Two Houses In Tuaran
Updated: 2012-06-28-11:52
TUARAN, June 28 (Bernama) -- Two families were made homeless when fire destroyed two wooden houses in Kampung Logub, about 18km from here yesterday.
Kampung Logub village head Pina Goupin, 54, said during the 6.05pm fire, Juanis Ikat, 4… More >
Malaysia Jun 27 2012
60 houses gutted in Ctg
Saturday, January 28, 2012
At least 63 establishments, including 60 thatched houses, were gutted in a fire at Jahed Colony in South Kattoli of the port city yesterday.
Other establishments are one garage with 14 rickshaws, a grocery shop and a poultry farm.… More >
Thailand Jun 26 2012 “Building” “Warehouses”
None injured in explosives depot blast
Updated: 2012-06-27-12:33
Chao Phraya Bodindecha Border Patrol Police Camp
Police have sealed off an area around a munitions depot at Chao Phraya Bodindecha Border Patrol Police camp in Chanthaburi province, which exploded on Tuesday night, damaging police h… More >
Philippines Jun 26 2012 “Apartment houses” “Building”
ARMM helps students in MSU fire
Updated: 2012-06-26-17:02
COTABATO CITY, Philippines - Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Gov. Mujiv Hataman ordered Tuesday the ARMM’s social welfare department to help 95 students displaced in a dawn fire that razed a ladies dormitory of the state-run Mindana… More >
Philippines Jun 25 2012 “Building” “Houses”
Tondo fire leaves 50 families homeless
Updated: 2012-06-27-12:00
MANILA, Philippines - About 50 families lost their homes when a fire struck a residential area in Tondo, Manila Monday night, destroying P2.5 million worth of property.
About 20 houses were destroyed but no one was reported injured … More >
Philippines Jun 25 2012 “Automobile & Railway”
185 LPG tanks explode as truck catches fire along Skyway
Updated: 2012-06-26-12:00
MANILA, Philippines - A six-wheel truck carrying 185 tanks of liquefied petroleum gas caught fire along the Skyway in Sucat, Parañaque yesterday morning.
Romulo Ramos, 47, of Gas 3 Inc., told investigators he wa… More >
Bangladesh Jun 25 2012 “Building” “Office bldg.”
Fire at BTCL building snaps 80,000 phone lines
Around 80,000 land phone lines were instantly out of order when a fire broke out at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Ltd (BTCL) office in the capital Monday morning.
Immediately after the fire started at the BTCL office on Mani… More >