Confusion in wake of museum director’s jailing
With the Akira landmine museum shuttered, supporters of its jailed director Oeun Yeak are searching for answers
Tag: fire
2ND CLUB a total loss after inferno
The fire that ripped through the 2ND CLUB almost totally destroyed the building and its interior.
Fire engulfs market in Takeo
A fire engulfed hundreds of stalls at the Prey La’vea market in Takeo province’s Prey Kabbas district morning, destroying about five percent of the market.
Huge fire engulfs Rio’s 200-year old National Museum
A 200-year-old museum in Rio de Janeiro was hit by a massive fire.
Museum owner questioned over recent explosion
A Siem Reap prosecutor questions the owner of the Akira Museum over an explosion.
Man set aflame by second wife
Takeo Court charges a 44-year-old woman after she set her husband on fire in a fit of jealous rage and left him for dead.
5 kids die in Manila’s Tondo district fire
At least 5 children are feared dead as fire razed a row of houses in Manila.
Fire kills 19 at resort hotel in northeast China
Fire tore through a hot springs hotel in the northeastern Chinese city of Harbin.
Blaze rips through Chinese workers’ housing in Sihanoukville
A fire rips through a two-storied lodging for Chinese construction workers.
Fire destroys Cambodian-run stalls in Thai border market
A fire rips through several Cambodian-run stalls at the Rong Kluea market.
Blaze at Taiwan hospital kills 9
A fire at a hospital in Taiwan kills 9 and injures 15 and an investigation has been launched into the cause of the blaze.
Fire damages historic cinema
Firefighters in Kampong Cham province on Sunday managed to extinguish an early morning blaze at the historic Preh Sihamoni theatre in the provincial city.
Bus battery blast sparks blaze
A driver had a narrow escape after a battery explosion caused a fire which completely razed the vehicle in Kampong Cham.
Forest fire threatens California’s fabled Yosemite
A vast fire in northern California has destroyed 50 km2 (more than 12,000 acres), left one person dead and is threatening Yosemite National Park.
Blaze destroys nearly 60 homes in Russey Keo
Nearly 60 homes are destroyed when fire raced through wooden buildings in Russey Keo.
Man charged with torching own house
Kandal Court charges a man over the torching of his parents’ house after his mother refused to give him money to buy a drink.
Fire rips through factory in capital
A fire brakes out at the Meikodo Cambodia factory in Phnom Penh, destroying more than 50 percent of materials on the floor.
Two hurt after fire engulfs taxi
A taxi driver suffers serious burns and his passenger is slightly injured in a fire while refuelling with liquefied gas in Kampong Speu.
Pre-dawn blaze razes ten homes
Deputy district Governor Dy Roth Khemrun says nobody was hurt in the blaze which occurred at 1.30am in Chak Angre Krom.
Sub-decree aims to improve fire safety standards in buildings
The government issues a sub-decree to strengthen the prevention of fires in buildings.
