Fire, Fire, Everywhere

I put down these fire incidents to bring it to your notice. I had noted down them as I got information from newspaper and TV. I knew it would happen. :-(

Fire incidents of January-2009—5 infants burned to death in incubator. Fuel tanker explosion kills over 100 in Kenya. Fire in Russia care home, 22 die. 15 dead in bar blaze in China. These incidents had occurred same day on 31-1-‘09

Fire in February—Fire at Juhu hotel. A fire broke out at the record room of the Regional Transport Office (RTO). Australia’s deadliest bushfire killed 76 people, as the inferno engulfed entire towns of Melbourne. Fire broke out in Bandra slums. Fire works set China hotel ablaze, 1 killed. Two days’ fire sweeps Gir forests. Fire broke out in chemical factory in Kolkata. Fire iin Marriot hotel in Islamabad. Bombay Talkies in Malad caught fire. Blast in crackers factory in Mathura.

Fire in March—Blaze in Bhiwandi godown

Fire in April—Fire broke out in slums. Fire broke out at toy factory in Gurgaon. Vagon caught fire in Eta—Kashiram Nagar. Fire broke out at American centre in Delhi. Crackers factory caught fire at Parola in Jalgaon, 50 people died.

Fire in May—2 workers killed in factory blaze in Thane. Santro car caught fire, 1 died. Two floors of Andhra Pradesh secretariat were gutted. Two killed, nine injured in blaze at Turbhe MIDC industrial zone—Navi Mumbai. 35 children killed in Mexico day care fire.

Fire in June—a fire broke out in Patna Sachchivalay. Mathura/Patna express tain caught fire. Bandra slum fire—Behrampada—biggest fire in 25 years—fire men say. 15,000 homes, workshops destroyed. Wild life sanctuary in Himachal Pradesh caught fire. Fire at go down in Gurgaon. A truck carrying chemical goods caught fire near Mumbra Retibunder road.

Fire in July—15 killed and 50 burnt as gas train derails in rural Italy. Fire at Sewri industrial estate. Plastic go down caught fire. A BEST King Kong bus caught fire on LBS marg. 5 die in cracker factory blast in Shivkashi. A forest fire rages outside Cueves Del Valle in the Spanish Province of Avila—Spain.


Fire in August—infernal blaze—some 5000 British Columbia residents were forced to flee their homes and more than 2000 others were put on alert as wildfires plagues the western Canadian Province. Fire in Angola crackers factory—2people died. Fire broke out at Chemical factory in Gudgaon. Two wildfires spread in California. A fire broke out at MTNL office. A car parked outside the Thane sessions court burst into flames. School bus caught fire in Navi Mumbai. As wildfires consume 150sqaure kilometer around the Greek capital, locals say that efforts by fire crew are not enough to battle the blaze.

Fire in September— A car caught fire at Sea-Link in Mumbai. Forest fire in New South Wales—Australia. Around 12 new born babies miraculously escaped a fire at the government general hospital at Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh. 38 die in fire at Kazakhstan hospital. Fire guts first floor of Electronic Niketan. A car caught fire on Peddar road. School bus catches fire in Kharegaon near Thane. Fire in building at Lower Parel in Mumbai.

Fire in October—Jet Airlines’ bus caught fire at Mumbai airport. Fire broke out at WCR mall in Ghaziabad. Forest fire in Australia. Six fire men trapped in lift died in Thane. Petrol pump caught fire. (Bus caught fire in Patna. Fire in a shop in Meerut. A car caught fire in Surat. Pooja pandal caught fire. Fire breaks out in Bandra slums)—these incidents occurred in the same day. Major fire at Indian Oil Depot terminal, four killed.

Fire in November—Goods train caught fire. Furniture shop caught fire. Fire in chemical factory in Meerut. A fire breaks out at mill at Byculla in Mumbai. Fire breaks out at Commercial Complex in Chembur. Fire breaks out in building at Chembur.

Fire in December—running CNG bus caught fire. 111 dead in Russia night club blaze. Fire in a bar in Indonesia. Fire in DTC bus. Another DTC bus caught fire. (A car caught fire. Fire at IPL chief Lalit Modi’s Juhu banglow. Fire at chemical factory in Taloja. A car caught fire at Peragari flyover. DTC bus caught fire)—these incidents were occurred in the same day. Another DTC bus caught fire. Fire in building at Andheri in Mumbai. A fire broke out at actor Pooja Bedi’s production house. Fire at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) lab kills 2 PhD students. Low floor bus caught fire in Delhi. Gas tanker caught fire in Kerala.
Many more fire incidents were reported.