An off-duty police officer from the Angadanan Police Station in Isabela was feted for responding to a fire that destroyed a vehicle inside a gas station in Barangay Alibagu, Ilagan City, Isabela, on Monday, April 20. Police Master Sgt. Kennedy Tungpalan and his wife were on their way home from the...
BACOLOD CITY – This highly-urbanized city is providing assistance for 80 families or 240 individuals displaced by a fire in Purok Ramon, Magsaysay, Barangay 14 here on Tuesday, April 21. Fire Officer 2 Rolin Paulan, chief arson investigator of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Bacolod, said the...
The Valenzuela City government rushed a mobile shower and toilet unit, a water filtration unit, and ambulances to Obando, Bulacan to aid 150 families displaced by the Navotas Sanitary Landfill fire. Mayor Weslie “Wes” Gatchalian said the initiative reflects the city’s swift coordination and...
BACOLOD CITY – Thirty-two houses were destroyed in a fire in Purok Ramon, Magsaysay, Barangay 14 here on Tuesday, April 21. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Bacolod received a fire call at 3:14 p.m. Fire Supt. Jenny Mae Masip, city fire marshal, in a media interview, said the fire was raised...
A 54-year-old woman who had been relocated to the Obando, Bulacan evacuation center because of foul smoke from the burned sanitary landfill in Navotas died on Monday, April 20, after experiencing severe breathing difficulties. According to the Obando Municipal Health Office (MHO), she was rushed...
The Manila local government extended assistance to Navotas City in assessing the extent of damage caused by the recent fire at the Navotas Sanitary Landfill, utilizing high-tech drones from the Manila City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (DRRMO) . “In our own little way,...
A fire that broke out at a paint storage facility in Barangay Dalandanan, Valenzuela City reached second alarm before being placed under control early Tuesday, April 21. According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) and the Valenzuela City Command, Control and Communication Center, the fire was...
URDANETA CITY, Pangasinan – Six persons were killed in a fire in Zone 2, Barangay Nancayasan, this city, before dawn on Monday, April 20. The Bureau of Fire Protection-Urdaneta said the victims were three males and three females, including two 11-year-old girls. Two houses were destroyed – one...
A fire broke out along Delgado Street in Barangay 407, Sampaloc, Manila, on Monday afternoon, April 20, leaving four houses destroyed and around 20 families displaced. According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the fire was raised to first alarm at 5:30 p.m. and was declared under control...
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto urged fire victims in Barangay Bagong Ilog on Sunday, April 19, to be truthful in claiming assistance, as the city enforces strict validation in aid distribution. Sotto warned that false claims may delay the process and affect other beneficiaries. He said aid will only...
Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez, Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered all police commanders in Metro Manila and nearby areas to implement adjustments in deployment and personnel management amid the health threats as a result of the fire that hit the Navotas Sanitary Landfill...
Two people were rescued with minor injuries after their vehicle struck the center island and burst into flames along Quezon Avenue–northbound in Barangay Doña Josefa, Quezon City around 1:30 a.m. on Monday, April 20. Quezon City Police District (QCPD) said the vehicle first hit the center...