Serious fires hit an electric vehicle (EV) research and development facility in Sa Si Mum commune, Kamphaeng Saen district, Nakhon Pathom province and an oil storage tank in Khlong Sam Prawet ward, Lat Krabang district, Bangkok on January 17.
A major fire that broke out on the morning of December 15 devastated Kramat Jati, Jakarta's largest wholesale food market, destroying at least 350 kiosks.
All 20 crew members aboard the Vietnamese oil tanker GT Unity were successfully rescued from a fire in the vessel’s engine room, thanks to the swift response of the Liberian-flagged ship Androusa and Vietnamese maritime rescue teams.
The HCM City People’s Committee was requested to promptly provide support for the affected families, coordinate with the Ministry of Public Security to swiftly investigate the cause of the fire, and handle any violations in line with law.
Initial reports showed that the fire spread rapidly, trapping residents and causing panic. Attempts by local residents to extinguish the fire with handheld extinguishers were unsuccessful.
A Vietnam Airlines representative stated that the incident may cause disruptions to other flights in the airline’s schedule. Passengers affected by these unavoidable changes at the Heathrow Airport will receive support in accordance with the airline's policies.
The fire started on the second floor at 2:01 am and was extinguished after 40 minutes.
Singaporean authorities reported that approximately 35 residents were evacuated early on January 5 (local time) following a fire at an abandoned three-story house in the East Coast Road of the country.
A fire broke out at a hotel near Bangkok’s Khao San Road, a popular tourist destination, killing three foreigners and injuring seven people, Thailand's Bangkok Fire and Rescue Department said on December 30.
Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh on December 27 signed a Prime Minister’s official dispatch requiring an urgent investigation into a boarding house fire that killed two people in Ho Chi Minh City earlier the same day.
The Thai Transport Ministry has been taking measures to improve the safety for passengers using public transportation after the school bus fire that killed 20 students and three teachers on October 1.
At least 25 people, including 22 students and three teachers, were killed when a Thai bus caught fire in Pathum Thani province near Bangkok on October 1.
Over 300 patients and their relatives were evacuated after a fire broke out on September 6 in one of the buildings at the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) in Manila.
The temporary shopping centre Marywilska 44 in Warsaw, Poland has officially opened just over three months after a fire that destroyed more than 1,400 stalls, most of which run by Vietnamese traders.
A tanker carrying fuel near Indonesia's Bali resort island caught fire on August 7, killing five crew members and injuring 15 others.
No Vietnamese citizens were injured or killed in the blaze at an lithium battery factory in Hwaseong province, an industrial cluster 50km to the southwest of Seoul, the Republic of Korea (RoK), on June 24, the local authority told the Vietnamese Embassy.
A fire occurred at the Sapa shopping centre of Vietnamese in Prague in the early morning of June 10, destroying six stalls worth about 2 million CZK ( over 87,200 USD).
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on May 24 signed off a dispatch demanding urgent moves be taken to address the consequences of a deadly fire in Hanoi’s Cau Giay district on the early morning the same day.
At least 14 people were killed and three others were injured in a blaze at a house in an alley on Trung Kinh street in Trung Hoa ward of Hanoi’s Cau Giay district in the early morning of May 24.
More support has been provided for Vietnamese impacted by the fire at the Marywilska shopping centre in Warsaw, Poland.