A GoFundMe campaign has been launched – raising $200,000 in four hours – after a mystery attacker set fire to Kyoto Animation’s headquarters in Japan. Anime and manga is a huge industry in Japan with millions of children and adult fans. A 41-year-old man was arrested on Thursday, 18 July, after breaking into the company’s […]
A fire swept through a plaza in Phuket’s Krathu district early Thursday, damaging many shops, police said. Pol Lt Col Patiwat Yodkwan, an inspector from Patong police station, said the fire broke out at the SB Plaza near the Jungceylon Shopping Centre on Rat-uthit road in Tambon Patong at 2 am. Full story: The Nation […]
A 64-year-old Bangkok man faces charges for allegedly pouring gasoline on his ailing, bed-ridden, 38-year-old son and setting him alight late Saturday night. The victim’s mother and elder sister soon doused the flames, but he suffered burns to his torso and legs. Full story: The Nation By The Nation
Three children were among at least 30 people killed Friday in an explosion followed by a fire at a house that was being used as a factory for making disposable butane lighters in Indonesia’s North Sumatra province, police said. The blast was believed to be caused by a gas canister in the factory, said Riadil […]
An explosion in an electrical transformer inside Chatuchak market could be behind a fire that hit the world-famous emporium on Sunday night, police said on Monday. Pol Maj Gen Ekkachai Boonwisut, commander of the Metropolitan Police Bureau Division 2, said witnesses saw a spark at a transformer shortly before the blaze at the market. Full […]
PHUKET: Fire broke out in a residential accommodation on the Chao Fa Suan Luang Rd in Wichit earlier today, reducing traffic along the busy road to a crawl. Firefighters were called to the scene, behind the Hong Tae Salapao shop, just after midday. Full story: thephuketnews.com By Eakkapop Thongtub The Phuket News
The northern province of Mae Hong Son continued to see forest fires at the weekend, with one of them almost reaching a revered Guan Yin shrine in Muang district Sunday night, officials said. A fire broke out in the forest behind the shrine on the Mae Hong Son bypass in Ban Mai Ngae village of […]
CHIANG MAI, April 27 (TNA) – More concerned officials have been dispatched to contain forest fires in Chiang Mai after villagers have encroached national forest reserve areas and set fires in an attempt to grow cash crops. By early Saturday, the overall situation in Chiang Mai has become worsen and turned into crisis again when […]
