SAN PABLO CITY, Laguna – A 62-year-old man was killed in a fire in Barangay II-C here on Sunday afternoon, March 29. The victim was identified as Roland. Three neighbors were injured. Investigation said the fire started at 1:10 p.m. Firemen put out the fire after two hours. Damage to property and...
A residential fire affected 43 families in Barangay Cembo, Taguig on March 26. The Taguig City Fire Station reported that the fire started at about 11:41 p.m. from a house owned by a 70-year-old man on Taguile Street in the barangay. Firefighters raised the first alarm at 11:48 p.m. followed by...
BACOLOD CITY – Twenty-two houses were destroyed in a fire that hit a slum area in Barangay Zone 4, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, March 25. Fire Officer 2 April Shayne Ausan, chief arson investigator of the Cadiz City Fire Station, said they received a fire call at 6:55 a.m. The...
A fire razed around 20 houses and left approximately 120 residents homeless in Pasay City on Wednesday, March 25. According to the Pasay Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the blaze hit a residential area along David Street in Barangay 23 at around 4:00 p.m. It was raised to second alarm at 4:20 p.m....
Fire razed 30 houses, affecting 46 families in Barangay Western, Taguig on March 24. The Taguig City Fire Station reported that the blaze started at about 7:23 p.m. from a house in the National Housing Authority Garage, Sampaguita Street in the barangay. Firefighters raised the first alarm at...
A 74-year-old man died in a fire that razed his home in Sitio Mekdew, Barangay Pinayag, Kayapa, Nueva Vizcaya on Sunday, March 22. Police said the victim was a Person with Disability (PWD). His wife, also a senior citizen, survived the fire. Police received the report about the fire on March 23 due...
A 40-year-old farmer was arrested by the police for inadvertently causing a grass fire that destroyed a garage containing 12 vehicles in Barangay Pinugay, Baras, Rizal, on March 22. According to the Baras Municipal Police Station, the suspect, identified as alias "Dennis," was reportedly setting...
A multi-role response vessel of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) caught fire early morning on Monday, March 23, after a suspected electrical problem in its laundry room. The fire onboard BRP Cape Engaño (MRRV-4411) while it was docked under the Coast Guard District (CGD) Palawan in Puerto Princesa...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean rescue workers on Saturday recovered the remains of 14 people from the charred wreckage of an auto parts factory in the central city of Daejeon, where an explosion and fire injured at least 59 others. Fire officials said 25 people were seriously injured but...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A fire at an auto parts factory in South Korea 's central city of Daejeon injured at least 53 people on Friday as officials warned the the number of those hurt could rise. Nam Deuk-woo, fire chief of the city’s Daedeok district, said 24 of those people were...
CAVITE – A fire broke out in a building near the San Roque Church in P. Burgos Ave. in Cavite City, injuring a senior citizen on Thursday, March 19. The Cavite City Bureau of Fire Protection (Cavite City BFP) told the Manila Bulletin that the building houses both commercial establishments and...
HONG KONG (AP) — An independent committee investigating the cause of Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades on Thursday heard that a series of failures contributed to the blaze 's burning seven buildings and killing 168 people as it opened its first hearing on the evidence. Former...
