A hazardous waste treatment plant spanning thousands of square meters in the Toc Tien waste treatment area, Chau Pha commune, Ho Chi Minh City, caught fire violently, sending a column of black smoke high into the air.
Amidst the scorching midday heat of May 27th, two 45-seater buses burst into flames while parked next to the Vu Ha gas station in Phu Duc commune, Hung Yen province.
In the early hours of December 23rd, a major fire broke out at Xanh Market (Phuong Liet Ward, Hanoi), destroying dozens of stalls and leaving many vendors shocked and in tears.
On April 21, the US Federal Aviation Administration announced that a Delta Air Lines plane caught fire, forcing the emergency evacuation of nearly 300 people.
While traveling on the Ho Chi Minh City - Long Thanh - Dau Giay expressway (the section passing through Dong Nai province), a tractor-trailer burst into flames, causing a prolonged traffic jam in the area.
During a security check, authorities at Tan Son Nhat Airport asked passengers to remove their power banks from their luggage. A few minutes later, the batteries exploded and caught fire.
A fuel tanker traveling on the Hanoi-Hai Phong expressway suddenly overturned and burst into flames, accompanied by loud explosions, causing a long traffic jam in the direction of Hai Phong.
The driver attempted to steer the vehicle away from the residential area after a truck carrying straw burst into flames on a road in Tamil Nadu, India.
While entering a materials quarry, the truck, bearing a Thanh Hoa license plate, suddenly burst into flames. The driver jumped out of the cabin and escaped unharmed.
A tanker truck caught fire while traveling on the Khanh Le pass (in Khanh Hoa province), sending a column of smoke dozens of meters high. Passersby shouted warnings and called the fire department.
A container truck was traveling on Tran Van Giau Street (Binh Chanh District, Ho Chi Minh City) when it suddenly burst into flames, completely destroying the truck's cabin.
Several fires spontaneously broke out in a farm belonging to a household in Ea Súp district, Đắk Lắk province. The People's Committee of Ia Lốp commune noted that the fires appeared on their own without any human intervention.
A roll of cable on a tractor-trailer in Surat Thani province, Thailand, burst into flames, but the driver was unaware until passersby raised the alarm.
Mr. Le Tan Thanh, who used a chainsaw to rescue 11 people trapped in the Can Tho bridge collapse, was found to have committed self-immolation, leading to his death.
At approximately 12 PM on May 6th, a tractor-trailer suddenly caught fire on National Highway 6, specifically on the section passing through Chiềng Đông Pass (Yên Châu district, Sơn La province).
For nearly a week now, Mr. Nguyen Van Ba's family (Phung Hiep, Hau Giang) has been living in anxiety because household items such as clothes and wooden cabinets have been spontaneously catching fire.
The Sun reports that one of the British Navy's Vanguard-class nuclear submarines, carrying intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), has caught fire.
The incident occurred on a highway in Shandong Province, China, when a truck carrying bleach, traveling at high speed, suffered a tire blowout, overturned, and burst into flames.
The speedboat, carrying about 100 liters of gasoline, was heading towards shore when it experienced an electrical short circuit, caught fire, and subsequently sank into the sea.