Philippines Jun 18 2012 “Building” “Houses” “Other bldg.” “Schools”
Fire destroys 20 houses in QC
Updated: 2012-06-20-12:00
MANILA, Philippines - Around 20 houses were destroyed by a fire that broke out in Barangay Apolonio Samson, Quezon City Monday night.
The flames started at the house of Evelyn Lagunsad at past 6 p.m., according to a report from the Quezon Ci… More >
Philippines Jun 18 2012 “Building” “Houses”
72 families lose homes in Taguig fire
Updated: 2012-06-20-07:48
Some 72 families lost their homes after a fire razed a residential area near the Bicutan Market in Taguig City Tuesday noon.
Many of the affected families spent Tuesday night in a covered court but others tried to return to their hom… More >
India Jun 16 2012 “Building” “Houses”
3-year-old dead in Thane home fire, mom critical
Updated: 2012-06-17
THANE: A 3-year-old boy, Jeeshan Ali Kadri, died in a fire that broke out in a flat at Amrut Nagar in Thane on Saturday morning.
The victim's younger brother, Usmaan (2), and mother, Gultaj (28), were injured in the blaze, which… More >
Nepal Jun 15 2012 “Building” “Houses” “Stores”
Blazes in Valley
Updated: 2012-06-15-11:45
HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE
KATHMANDU: Two separate residential fires were reported in the Kathmandu Valley on Friday. Properties worth Rs 2.4 million were gutted when inferno broke at a restaurant and meat shop of Khin Bahadur Sunuwar in Talsikhel, Lalitpur… More >
Nepal Jun 15 2012 “Building” “Houses”
80 houses gutted in Banke fire
• One killed‚ three injured • Lack of fire engine aggravates situationpic: fire
Updated: 2012-06-15-11:35
NEPALGUNJ: More than 80 houses were gutted when Ramuwapur village of Indrapur VDC in Banke was engulfed in fire today, killing one man and leaving three women i… More >
Philippines Jun 14 2012 “Automobile & Railway” “Building” “Stores”
Car short circuit leads to Sadar Bazar fire
Updated: 2012-06-16-05:54
NEW DELHI: A major fire broke out at two paint shops in Sabzi Mandi Ghanta Ghar in Sadar Bazar on Friday evening after a car parked outside the shops caught fire.
A short circuit in the car is beleived to be the cause of the bl… More >
Philippines Jun 14 2012 “Building” “Stores”
Kasambagan fire damages 3 shops, hurts 2 workers
Updated: 2012-06-15-12:00
CEBU, Philippines - Three business establishments were damaged by a blaze which hit Barangay Kasambagan, Cebu City early morning yesterday.
Mictest Restobar, a DVD shop and a branch of Alberto’s Pizza was affected by the f… More >
China Jun 13 2012 “Forest”
North China forest fire extinguished
Updated: 2012-06-13
TAIYUAN - Firefighters put out a fire Wednesday that had been blazing in a forest in Shanxi province for nearly two days, according to local authorities.
The fire started around 6 pm Monday in the forest in Jinzhong city in central Shanxi. … More >
China Jun 12 2012 “Automobile & Railway”
Bus caught fire on stack of straw
Updated: 2012-06-14-08:09
Authorities in Central China's Henan province said the school bus that caught fire on Monday had become stuck on a pile of straw before it was engulfed in flames that killed four children on board.
The bus driver could not move t… More >
Malaysia Jun 12 2012 “Building” “Houses”
Two Families Made Homeless In Blaze
Updated: 2012-06-12-15:57
GEORGE TOWN, June 12 (Bernama) -- Two families were made homeless today when fire razed their wooden houses in Jelutong, here early Tuesday morning.
One of the victims, Teh Tatt Lye, 58, said he and five of his family members were s… More >