KOTA TINGGI: Helicopters will be deployed today for water bombing to speed up efforts to put out the peat fire along Jalan Sungai Kapal and Taman Bayu Damai, Pengerang, which has affected 99.54ha since it started on Friday

KLANG: Police are hunting two local men after a dramatic chase in Meru during which they ignored police orders to stop and sprayed a fire extinguisher at a patrol car causing it to skid off the road

KOTA TINGGI A total of 124 victims are sheltering at two temporary relief centres as of noon Tuesday (Jan 27) because of a peatland fire covering about 12ha along Jalan Sungai Kapal in Taman Bayu Damai, Pengerang, here

KUALA LUMPUR: Allegations of corruption and abuse of power within national security institutions, including the Armed Forces, risk triggering a crisis of public confidence if not addressed decisively, defence experts have warned

Jan 26 (Reuters) - The bodies of three people were found on Monday as firefighters battled a blaze at a food factory near the central Greek city of Trikala, the fire brigade said, revising earlier reports that five people were missing

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah hopes that the Chinese zodiac year of the Fire Horse, usually associated with "change, innovation and courage and great opportunities", will bring further social and economic progress to Sabah in 2026, says Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor

MELAKA: Preparations for the upcoming Lunar New Year were disrupted when a home in Taman Seri Rambai here was destroyed in a fire believed to have been sparked by an exploding power bank

KUALA TERENGGANU: Three semi-permanent houses in Kampung Kubang Buyung here were damaged in a fire on Friday (Jan 9)

ZURICH, Jan 4 (Reuters) - The last 16 people who died in the New Year's Eve bar fire at the Swiss mountain resort of Crans-Montana have been identified, police said on Sunday

CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland, Jan 4 (Reuters) - When 51-year-old Annouk Perret came to pay her respects to the victims of the Swiss New Year bar fire that killed at least 40 people in the ski resort of Crans-Montana, she knew that she too could have been one of the parents mourning a lost child

CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland, Jan 2 (Reuters) - Investigators on Friday set about the painful task of identifying the burned bodies of a blaze that engulfed a crowded bar and killed around 40 people at a New Year's Eve party in the upscale Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana

ROME, Jan 1 (Reuters) - Swiss police believe around 40 people died and 100 were injured in a fire during a New Year's Eve party in the resort town of Crans-Montana, the Italian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Thursday

KOTA KINABALU: A man suffered burns on his shoulder while escaping from his house, which was destroyed in a late-night fire, at Sungai Batu Lunguyan in Sabah's interior Sook district on Sunday (Dec 28) Read full story