BACOLOD CITY – Three persons were injured in a fire in Purok Riverside, Barangay Banago, this city, on New Year 's Eve. Fire Insp. Jemarie Tapiru, deputy city fire marshal, said the fire originated from a hardware store at 8:35 a.m. The fire immediately spread to neighboring structures,...
BACOLOD CITY – Nine families or 23 individuals lost their homes in a fire on Rizal Day in Barangay 31 here. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Bacolod said the fire was reported at 5:33 p.m. and it allegedly originated from the house of a certain Eda. Six houses were totally damaged and one...
A fire has hit a residential area in Barangay Addition Hills, Mandaluyong City on Saturday night, Dec. 27, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) reported. According to the BFP, the fire started at around 6:26 p.m. and has reached the second alarm at around 6:33 p.m. The third alarm was raised at 7:14...
A total of ten families were left homeless after a fire hit several houses along Bataan corner Mindanao Street in Sampaloc, Manila, early Friday morning, Dec. 26. According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the fire started at around 3:23 a.m. and was extinguished at around 4 a.m. Manila Fire...
MAUBAN, Quezon – Ten houses were destroyed in a four-hour fire in Barangay Sadsaran here on Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 23. Police and firefighters responded to the fire at 1:30 p.m. It was put out at about 4 p.m. Residents assisted firefighters through a bucket brigade. The fire spread rapidly as...
BACOLOD CITY – Twenty-two families lost their homes and seven houses were destroyed in a fire in Barangay 9 here on Wednesday, Dec. 10. Fire Supt. Jenny Mae Masip, city fire marshal, said the blaze totally destroyed five and partially damaged two houses. Forty-one individuals were affected. The...
A 73-year-old bedridden senior citizen was killed after being trapped inside her burning house in Barangay Muntingdilaw, Antipolo City early Sunday morning, Dec. 7. According to the police, the victim 's remains were found inside the destroyed structure after the fire quickly spread due to it...
Three individuals were reported injured after a fire hit a cargo vessel docked in the Manila North Harbor in Moriones, Tondo, Manila on Wednesday night, Dec. 3. According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the blaze started inside the engine room of the ship at around 7:16 p.m. and was...
A 22-year-old call center agent died in a fire that broke out in a residential apartment in Barangay Concepcion Uno, Marikina City on Wednesday, Nov. 26. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said the fire reached first alarm at around 5:06 p.m. It allegedly started in the second-floor hallway near...
Senate Deputy Majority Leader Joseph Victor "JV" Ejercito moved to increase the daily subsistence allowance for the country’s uniformed personnel to P350, which is more than double the previous rate of P150. The proposed adjustment was incorporated into the recommendations of the finance...
SAN ANTONIO, Quezon – A poultry farm was destroyed in a fire in on Tuesday night, Nov. 4, in Barangay San Jose here. Police said the blaze that struck Gold Star 88 poultry farm started at 11 p.m. Investigation said a farm caretaker was inspecting a building 4 when an electrical circuit breaker...
Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso appealed to the public to never hurt firemen and other emergency responders during emergency operations after two fire volunteers were assaulted by some residents during a fire in Barangay 650, Port Area, Manila, last Oct. 17. Domagoso made the...
