ERODE: The district police on Sunday arrested two brothers for setting fire to a JCB driver's house in Ramachipuram near ...

Panaji: An LPG cylinder exploded at the house at Bhati village in Sanguem destroying the thatched roof and all household ...

A woman and her two minor daughters in Masauli area here were burnt to death when their thatched roof house caught fire during cooking on Tuesday evening, police said. The deceased have been ...

The number of thatched houses in the Republic of Ireland is dwindling but new classes are training up the next generation of ...

When people marry, it is common practice for people to give them gifts - and this is very much the same with members of the ...

An elderly couple died after the thatched roof of a house caught fire due to a short circuit in Teji Bazar area of Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday, police sources said here.

Several people have been left temporarily homeless after a fire ripped through their thatched cottages. Sixteen crews were ...

Ms Newman said: 'It is very hard to get house insurance for thatched cottages. Very few companies cover them. 'The thatch has to be in good condition - my parents don't have that kind of money.

A couple was 'lucky to escape alive' after a fire ripped through their thatched roof in just eight minutes, destroying their ...