MELAKA: A tourist from Chennai, India has died while two others suffered serious injuries after their bus caught fire following an accident at KM198 of the North-South Expressway here. Alor Gajah OCPD Supt Arshad Abu identified the deceased as Yafarah Taj Fakrudin Hussaini, 17, who was trapped in the burning bus during the accident at 3.50am...
KOTA KINABALU: Nine terrace houses were completely burnt down during a fire that broke out at a residential area in Tawau district on Friday. However, no casualties were reported. The Fire and Rescue Department initially received the information at 1.54pm regarding the incident at Taman Victoria, Lorong 4, here. “A team from Tawau fire station was sent to...
KOTA KINABALU: A school dormitory in Kota Belud on Friday (Dec 1) has been destroyed in a fire but no casualties were reported. The Fire and Rescue Department said they received an emergency call at 6.15pm alerting them to the incident at the Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Kuala Abai hostel. "A team was sent to the location and...
BEIJING (AFP): Twenty-six people have died and dozens were sent to hospital after a fire tore through a building in northern China's Shanxi province on Thursday (Nov 16), state media reported. The fire started at a four-storey building belonging to the Yongju coal company in Shanxi province's Luliang city at around 6.50am local time, state media...
KOTA KINABALU: A man avoided death when his car that he was inspecting by the roadside rolled into a ditch and caught fire, leaving him with minor injuries. The 49-year-old was driving along the Kimanis road near the Crocker Range Park when he saw smoke coming from its engine. Kimanis Fire Station chief Johainin Ruslan said the...
KUALA LUMPUR: A man suffered 30% burns to his body while 12 motorcycles were damaged following an explosion and fire at the Desa Tun Razak Apartments here on Thursday (Oct 6) night. A City Fire and Rescue Department operations centre spokesman said they received the distress call at 10.59pm on Thursday. "We deployed 16 personnel and four...
PORT KLANG: Fire razed several structures and a few boats in Pulau Ketam near here which threw the island into panic earlier Friday (Sept 29). According to John Cha, who manages a hotel on the island, the fire is suspected to have started just after 11am. "The fire started at the back section of the island and...
ALOR SETAR: A total of 15 shophouses in Jitra here were destroyed in an early blaze on Friday (Sept 29). Kedah Fire and Rescue Department operations officer Mohd Bustan Karudin said no casualties were reported in the 1am fire. "The state operations centre received a call from MERS 999 about the incident at 1.25am and firemen from...
GORONTALO, Indonesia (AFP): Protesters have set fire to a mayor's office on an Indonesian island to demand compensation over a mining company's activity in their area, police said, adding that several arrests had been made. The growing presence of mining companies on Indonesia's main islands has caused riots and clashes in recent years over poor working...
SUNGAI PETANI: A 90-year-old woman, her daughter and son-in-law were killed in a fire that destroyed eight semi-wooden double-storey shoplots in Kota Kuala Muda in Kedah on Monday (Sept 18) morning. The Fire and Rescue department said that the charred remains were discovered at one of the shoplots. "The fire was put under control at about 3.08am....
