DAVAO CITY – The Bureau of Fire Protection is conducting a deeper probe on the cause of the blaze that razed the entire third floor of Gaisano Grand Citygate Mall in Buhangin District on Friday, Jan. 2. Initial investigation showed that the fire started on the department store of the three-story...
BACOLOD CITY – Seven families lost their homes in two fires here on New Year 's Day, Jan. 1. The first blaze was reported in Purok Christian, Barangay Bata, at 12:19 a.m., damaging three houses and affecting six families and 10 individuals. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Bacolod...
TABUK CITY, Kalinga – Three minors were injured in a fire that gutted stalls selling firecrackers at the Bulanao Public Market here on New Year’s Eve. Police Capt. Ruff Manganip, Kalinga police information officer, identified the victims as a five-year-old girl, a 10-year-old girl, and a...
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...
Several houses were destroyed in a fire that hit a residential area on Yabut Street in Barangay Guadalupe Nuevo, Makati City on Monday night, Dec. 29. According to TXTFIRE Philippines, the blaze has reached the second alarm at around 8:19 p.m. and the third alarm at around 8:28 p.m. Firefighters...
BACOLOD CITY – Twenty-two families lost their homes in a fire on Bonifacio St., Barangay 3, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Friday, Dec. 26. Fire Officer 1 Jesrel Gersalia, arson investigator of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Kabankalan, said that 11 houses were totally destroyed, and...
Three persons were injured and around 100 houses were destroyed in a fire that broke out in a residential area in Pasay City on Saturday afternoon, Dec. 27. The Pasay City Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said about 200 families were affected when the fire happened at around 2:16 p.m. along Virginia...
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...
TACLOBAN CITY – A 34-year-old woman and her two daughters died in a fire in Barangay District 1, Babatngon town, Leyte province, before dawn on Saturday, Dec. 27. Arson investigators said the victim was sleeping with her 13-year-old and eight-year-old daughters inside their house when the fire...
Marikina City Vice Mayor Del de Guzman said around 31 families lost their homes a day after Christmas, after a fire broke out in a residential area in Barangay Nangka, Marikina City on Friday night, Dec. 26. According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the fire started at 6:44 p.m. at 32...
A fire broke out in a residential area in Barangay Nangka, Marikina City on Friday night, Dec. 26 The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said the fire was raised to first alarm at 6:45 p.m. and escalated to a second alarm at 6:58 p.m. Firefighters are now working to extinguish the blaze. This is a...