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A fire has burnt down a warehouse of electronics product manufacturing company Singer in Chattogram. The blaze broke out in the warehouse in the port city’s AK Khan area around 5:45 am on Tuesday, said Purna Chandra Mutsuddi, the deputy assistant director of the divisional fire service. Twe...

Car catches fire at Depot Road carpark; SCDF investigating Updated: 2019-04-30 SINGAPORE - The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) is investigating after a car caught fire while parked at a multi-storey carpark near Block 104C Depot Road on Monday (April 29). Footage of the incident was uplo...

Security guard kills woman, sets himself on fire Updated: 2019-04-27 　The Media Hotel and Towers in Sawah Besar, Central Jakarta, was in the spotlight last week -- for all the wrong reasons. Last Thursday, a fire broke out in a change room in the hotel’s basement killing a secu..

Two kiosks destroyed in fire in Tanah Abang Updated: 2019-04-22 　Fire trucks line up near the Blok C building in Tanah Abang Market on Monday to put out a fire that reportedly destroyed two kiosks. (kompas.com/Pavel Tanujaya) A fire destroyed two kiosks in Blok C of th...

Nine fishing tour boats catch fire in Satun Updated: 2019-04-20 　Fire rages through fishing tour boats at Pakbara pier in Satun on Saturday morning, damaging nine vessels. The cause of the blaze is being investigated. (Photo taken from Suesarn Dabploeng Koopai Facebook page) ...

Fishing trip boats destroyed by fire Updated: 2019-04-20 　A fire destroyed eight tourist fishing boats in Satun province early on Saturday, police said. The fire broke out at the Pak Bara pier and spread quickly from a fishing boat to seven other boats. The boats wer...

Fire at Bali Airport temporarily disrupts domestic flights Updated: 2019-04-20 　Several check-in counters for domestic flights at I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport in Badung, Bali, have been temporarily moved to the international terminal after fire broke out in the domestic term...

One dead in fire in Central Jakarta hotel Updated: 2019-04-19   　Firefighters work to put out fire in a store in Pasar Baru, Central Jakarta in this file photo taken on Feb. 27. 2018. (Antara/Galih Pradipta) A fire in a store room at The Media Hotel and Towers in J...

Fire battle a team effort Updated: 2019-04-18   　A massive fire engulfing vast areas of a Chiang Rai forest has intensified the smog problem in this northernmost province, adding to the country's pollution woes. For more than a month, many people in parts of Chiang Rai have ...

アパート放火、殺人事件 Updated: 2019-04-17 42歳の男性が早朝に本人の家に火をつけ、火だ」を叫んで寝ている人を起こし、避難させたあとに、避難する人々を階段でナイフ刺し、5人が死亡し、13人が負傷した。精神分裂病や通り魔殺人やストーカー殺人の可能性がある。 Web Source: The Nation https://cafe.naver.com/wecando7/920562 ...

Four taken to hospital after Tampines block fire Updated: 2019-04-15   Four people had to be taken to hospital after flames torched the 11th-floor corridor of a Tampines Housing Board block yesterday. The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), which was alerted to the fire at Bloc...

Patong blaze causes Bt60m damage Updated: 2019-04-13 An estimated Bt60 million in damage was caused when fire swept through a row of shops in Banana Walk on Thaweewong Road in Patong on Friday night.   The fire started in a faulty electrical transformer...

Millions of rai of forested land destroyed by wildfires Updated: 2019-04-13 　 Forest fires have destroyed more than 2.6 million rai of forests in nine northern provinces, the Mae Hong Son forest fire and haze control centre said on Friday.   Citing a satellite im...

Explosion at Petronas oil refinery in Johor injures two Updated: 2019-04-12 　 PENGERANG • Two men were injured after a fire and explosion occurred early yesterday morning at an oil refinery being developed by Malaysian national oil firm Petronas in Johor.   Petronas...

Fire-hit mall gets all-clear to reopen Updated: 2019-04-12 　The CentralWorld shopping complex will resume operations today after officials and engineering experts confirmed its safety after a fatal fire on Wednesday. The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, the Engineering Inst...

Four rescued from Woodlands flat after PMD catches fire Updated: 2019-04-10 　 A raging fire yesterday caused by a charging personal mobility device (PMD) trapped four people, including two children, in a Woodlands Housing Board flat until firefighters came to their rescue....

Blast sparks fire at FPG factory in Yunlin County Updated: 2019-04-08 　 Black smoke rises from a Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corp aromatics production plant in the Formosa Plastics Group naphtha cracker complex in Yunlin County’s Mailiao Township yesterday following a gas exp...

四川省の森林火災、記者が現場に急行 Updated: 2019-04-11   　 四川省涼山イ族自治州冕寧県臘窩郷臘窩村で7日午後4時、森林火災が発生した。火災が拡大するなか、記者は8日昼に成都市を出発し冕寧県に向かった。 　 冕寧県は涼山イ族自治州の北部に位置する。火災が発生した臘窩郷は同県の南西部に位置し、森林率は41％にのぼる。 　消防隊員が9日、冕寧県の火災現場で消火作業を行った。四川省涼山イ族自治州政府新聞弁公室が9日に発表した情報によると、木里・冕寧の両県で同日1655人が地上と空からの森林火災消...

全国から消防車８２０台動員…江原道の山火事ほぼ鎮火 Updated: 2019-04-07 江原道（カンウォンド）での山火事発生から３日目の６日、大きな火は鎮火し残り火の消火も大詰めを迎え、消防当局の山火事対応段階も解除または引き下げられた。   消防庁はこの日午後４時を期して１段階で維持してきた高城（コソン）・束草（ソクチョ）と江陵（カンルン）・東海（トンヘ）の山火事対応段階を解除した。また、麟蹄（インジェ）の山火事対応水準もこの日３段階から２段階に下げた後、午後４時１０分からは１段階に下げ維持している。   ...

Prayut orders more firefighters to North Updated: 2019-04-03 Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday ordered the mobilisation of firefighting personnel and volunteers to douse bush fires in the North, while giving the mission a seven-day deadline. The premier said ...