Tag: Fire
PNG firefighters battle to stop Port Moresby blaze
PNG Post-Courier
As drivers and pedestrians continued on their daily business yesterday afternoon in Papua New Guinea's capital city Port Moresby, a cry went out...
Papuan police investigate spate of fires razing offices, houses in Dogiyai
Jubi News
Papuan police are investigating a spate of mysterious fires in the Dogiyai area in Central Papua province.
The razed structures include the offices of...
Loafers Lodge fire: Man arrested and charged with arson
RNZ News
A man has been arrested and charged in relation to the fatal fire at Loafers Lodge in the capital Wellington's Newtown suburb on...
Police probe fire after Vanuatu chiefs’ cultural ‘nakamal’ burns down
RNZ Pacific
The headquarters of the Malvatumauri of National Council of Chiefs of Vanuatu has burned down.
The fire broke out about 1am Monday local time.
Police...
Fiji police warn public against violence and ‘fake profiles’ after two...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Fiji police have warned that any attempts to destabilise and cause instability will be investigated and dealt with, reports The Fiji...
PNG teacher helpless as vandals fire ravages Takubar classrooms
By Poreni Umau in Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
Women wept among the smoking remains of melting water tanks, hot corrugated iron and the fresh smell...
Fiji police, fire agency jointly probe two separate urban fires
By Talebula Kate in Suva
The Fiji Police Force and the National Fire Authority are currently investigating two separate fires that broke out last night...
Fire destroys communications building at USP’s Fiji campus
By Wansolwara staff in Suva
Staff and students at the University of the South Pacific in Suva could only look on in shock after a...