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Witnesses say victims of a Hanoi high-rise fire jumped from upper stories to escape the blaze

Police in Vietnam say that 10 children are among the 56 people killed in a blaze in a Hanoi high-rise

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Fire at Hanoi apartment block kills 56 and injures 37

Vietnamese PM promises tighter fire regulations as builder owner arrested

Evening Standard

At least 56 dead in ‘huge fire’ at apartment block in Vietnam’s Hanoi

Four children among those killed and dozens injured in blaze at a nine-storey building housing approximately 150 people.

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Tourists flee burning bus on expressway

Polish tourists fled to safety as a double-decker bus taking them to Ayutthaya burst into flames and was destroyed on an expressway in Bangkok’s Chatuchak district on Wednesday morning.

Bangkok Post

One dead after hundreds flee South Korean wildfire

A wildfire has destroyed homes in a seaside city on South Korea's eastern coast, killing at least one person and forcing hundreds to flee.

The New Daily

Hundreds flee from wildfire in South Korean seaside city

Hundreds of South Koreans were forced to flee a wildfire fueled by strong winds that burned parts of an eastern coastal city Tuesday, destroying dozens of homes.

WEKU

South Korea wildfire forces 500 residents to evacuate, rain helps fight flames

More than 500 people evacuated from their homes in South Korea's eastern coastal city of Gangneung as strong winds fanned a wildfire on Tuesday, officials said, but fears of a further spread eased as rain helped firefighters battle the blaze.

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Car left parked in the sun for half a day spontaneously bursts into flames

Thongsri Bunnapap, 53, from Thailand, has explained how she saw smoke coming from the bonnet of the car before it became engulfed in flames spontaneously

Daily Mirror

Fire destroys police building in Bangkok's Sathon

A fierce fire gutted a police building that stored official documents in Bangkok’s Sathon district early Saturday. No casualties were reported.

Bangkok Post

Huge Indonesia oil depot fire kills at least 17 including 2 kids as it rips through homes

A massive fire that started at a major oil depot in Indonesia has swept through a neighbourhood killing at least 17 people including two children and left dozens injured

Daily Mirror

Fire guts 14 houserafts on Khwae Noi

KANCHANABURI: Fire destroyed 14 of the 16 houserafts at a resort on the Khwae Noi river in Sai Yok district on Sunday afternoon, causing about 10 million baht damage. There were no casualties.

Bangkok Post

Hundreds flee after fire spreads through Seoul neighborhood

About 500 South Koreans were forced to flee their homes after a fire spread through a low-income neighborhood in southern Seoul and destroyed at least 60 homes

The Independent UK

Nine remain missing after casino blaze

Nine Thai nationals caught in the Cambodian hotel-casino blaze are still missing, Sa Kaeo authorities said on Monday.

Bangkok Post

Casino inferno blamed on electrical fault

POIPET, Cambodia: An electrical fault caused the devastating Poipet casino fire that killed 27 people, many of them Thais, Cambodian authorities said on Saturday.

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'Smoke everywhere': survivors of Cambodia casino blaze recount chaotic scenes

When Nunthida Kongreung heard a huge fire had broken out at a Cambodian border town casino-hotel, she started calling her parents who were on vacation there, but nobody answered.

Bangkok Post

27 Thais perish in Poipet casino inferno

The bodies of 10 of the 27 Thais who died in the casino inferno in Poipet in Cambodia have been returned to the border town of Aranyaprathet as authorities try to tackle congestion at another checkpoint to keep trade flowing between the two countries.

The Independent UK

More victims recovered from Cambodia casino hotel fire

The confirmed death toll from a massive fire at a casino hotel complex in western Cambodia has risen to 25 as search efforts resume

Reuters

Rescuers search for bodies in ruins of Cambodia casino fire

Cambodian rescue teams recovered several bodies on Friday from the charred rooms of a casino-hotel where a fire killed at least 27 people a day earlier, with more than 20 people still missing.

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Bangkok Post

Rescuers scour gutted Cambodian casino

POIPET, Cambodia: Rescue teams recovered eight bodies on Friday from the charred rooms of a casino-hotel, bringing the known death toll to 27, with more than 20 people still missing.

France 24

Cambodia casino fire kills dozens

A massive fire at a Cambodian hotel casino Thursday injured over 60 people and killed at least 19 — a number that officials warned would rise after the search for bodies resumes Friday.

WEKU

A massive fire at Cambodia hotel and casino kills at least 19 people

Neighboring Thailand sent firetrucks and emergency workers to help cope with the 12-hour inferno in a bustling border town. Some victims are believed to still be under debris or in locked rooms.

Daily Mirror

Death toll in Cambodia casino fire rises to 19 as scores injured in infernal blaze

At least 19 people have died and 60 more are thought to be injured after firefighters brought a huge blaze at the Grand Diamond City hotel in Poipet, Cambodia under control

Bangkok Post

At least one Thai confirmed dead in Poipet inferno

Of the 108 known victims of the Poipet casino fire in Cambodia so far, 34 were sent for treatment in Sa Kaeo province of Thailand and one of them died, according to the public health minister.

Bangkok Post

Five dead in Korean road tunnel fire

SEOUL: Five people have been killed and dozens injured after a bus and truck crash caused a huge fire at an expressway tunnel on the outskirts of Seoul, according to the local fire department.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Several Killed, Scores Injured in Huge Hotel-casino Fire on Cambodian Border

About 10 people are dead and more than a dozen on life support after a fire at a Cambodian border casino, with photos from the scene showing people desperately huddled on ledges and perched on windowsills in a bid to escape the flames. The blaze at the Grand Diamond City…

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