A voting center caught fire in Bangued, Abra before dawn on Wednesday. The Bureau of Fire Protection-Bangued said the fire at the Dangdangla Elementary School started around 4 a.m. Nobody was injured as the school was empty at the time. Arson investigators have yet to determine the cause and how...
A transient house in Mandaluyong City was gutted by a fire on Tuesday night, May 6, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) reported. The BFP said the blaze on Ligaya Street, Barangay Plainview, started at 11:03 p.m. and was declared fire out at 12 a.m. Based on the spot report, the fire started...
A fire broke out in a residential area at Sandakot street, Barangay Payatas in Quezon City on Monday morning, May 5. According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the fire was raised to 1st alarm at 8:49 a.m. and escalated to 2nd alarm at 9:15 a.m. As of this posting, no injuries were...
A first-alarm fire that broke out at a house in Barangay San Isidro, Cainta, Rizal, left a woman dead and injured three others, including a fire volunteer, on Sunday morning, May 4. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said the fire started at around 6 a.m. and was declared fire out at around 7...
A 72-year-old man died during a fire that hit a residential area on Ang Buhay Street in Barangay 595, Sta. Mesa, Manila on Friday night, May 2. The victim 's wife said her husband was drunk before going to bed that evening. When the fire broke out, his grandchild attempted to rescue him but...
Senator Raffy Tulfo is seeking to conduct a Senate investigation into what he described as “inhumane working conditions” and questionable labor practices, following a surprise inspection he personally conducted in two major canning factories in Navotas. (Photo from the Office of Senator Raffy...
BATANGAS CITY – Fire destroyed 50 houses owned by Badjao settlers in Sitio Badjaoan, Barangay Malitam, this city, on Sunday night, April 27. The Police Regional Office 4-A said the fire started at about 11:30 p.m. at the house of vendor Adjimnana Looc, 38, married. The fire spread fast as houses...
A 2nd alarm fire hit a residential area in Osmolo Compound, Barangay Buting, Pasig City on Monday night, April 28, the Pasig City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (Paskg DRRMO) reported. The DRRMO said the blaze started at 7:49 p.m. and was raised to the 2nd alarm at 8:16 p.m. Firefighters...
Senator Raffy Tulfo expressed alarm over multiple violations he encountered during a random inspection of a construction site in Quezon City. (Photo from the Office of Senator Raffy Tulfo) During the Senate recess, Tulfo, who serves as Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on Labor and Employment,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A town mayor from Basilan province and nine others were injured when the speedboat they were riding caught fire shortly after leaving a private wharf in Barangay Baliwasan on Wednesday. NANOH'S ill-fated speedboat. Zamboanga City Fire District Marshal Supt. Leo Pioquinto...
(Photo from Ares Fire Volunteers) A fire hit a bulalo restaurant located at the ground floor of a condominium building on Primo Rivera Mola Street in Barangay La Paz, Makati City early Friday morning, April 25, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) reported. The BFP said the fire started at around...
BACOLOD CITY – The Cadiz City government in Negros Occidental will provide P100,000 each to 26 families affected by a fire in Talaba-an, Barangay Zone 1, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Black Saturday. THE Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-6 (Western Visayas) distributes...
