Firefighters were battling a huge blaze engulfing a fruit market in Hong Kong on Sunday afternoon.
A Southern California wildfire raged unchecked in thick brush on Wednesday after destroying dozens of houses near a highway corridor between Los Angeles and Las Vegas and forcing as many as 80,000 residents to flee their homes, officials said.
The Museum of London on Saturday opened an interactive exhibition for the Great Fire of London in 1666.
Mainland official blasts Taiwan's road safety record which has seen 90 visitors die and 390 injured since 2008
At least three were killed and dozens were injured after an elders care center caught fire in Taiwan early Wednesday, said rescuers.
Under the darkness of the night sky, a small group of Taiwan fishermen set sail off the northeast coast, light a fire on the end of a bamboo stick using chemicals and wait for the fish to come.
Two people who were seriously burnt in a fatal bus fire in central China's Hunan Province on Sunday are in a critical condition.
Security minister does not rule out legislative changes; experts suggest setting out need for fire escapes and having sufficient space and ventilation in the densely packed storage areas.
At least 47 people received treatment after a major fire at an army camp in Kosgama, just outside Colombo while one soldier was killed, officials said on Monday.
A fire at one of India’s largest military ammunition depots on Tuesday killed at least 17 people and injured scores more, officials said, as footage showed flames lighting up the night sky.
At least 20 people were killed, including two army officers and 18 soldiers, and 17 others injured after a fire broke out early Tuesday at a military ammunition depot in the western state of Maharashtra, said officials.
More than 300 passengers and crew were evacuated from a Korean Air plane in Tokyo, Japan after a fire broke out in its left engine.
A massive fire gutted 60 residential houses in northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, officials said Tuesday.
A nighttime fire at a dormitory of a primary school in northern Thailand killed 18 girls, many of whom had been roused by a dorm-mate but went back to sleep, thinking it was a prank, officials and the girl who sounded the alarm said Monday. The victims were between 5 and 12 years old.
The EgyptAir jet which crashed in the Mediterranean on Thursday sent a series of warnings indicating that smoke had been detected on board, shortly before it disappeared off radar screens, French investigators said on Saturday.
There's not much left of what was once a thriving oil city. All photos via Dan Olson for VICE News
The Australian state of Victoria will scrap its burn-off targets, introduced in the wake of the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires which killed 173 people.
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