Photo taken by Mark Balmores/MANILA BULLETIN A resident was injured, while 100 families were displaced in a fire that broke out at a residential area on Earnshaw Street in Sampaloc, Manila, early Thursday, Jan. 16. According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the 30-year-old victim sustained...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police shot a suspected burglar who started a fire inside a commercial establishment on Gov. Camins Ave. here on Tuesday, Jan. 14. The suspect, Manny Dianseng Diaz, 38, was spotted trying to enter a house outside the store. Residents chased him and the suspect climbed up the...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Two persons were killed in a fire that razed a house in Barangay Rawis here on Friday, Jan. 10. Police Lt. Col. Malu Calubaquib, Police Regional Office-5 spokesperson, identified the victims as Princess Ysabelle, 21, a nursing student, and Melvin Sabado, 42, a...
A firefighter battles the Palisades Fire around a burned structure in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent) Southern California is experiencing its most devastating winter fires in more than four decades. Fires don't usually blaze at...
CABUYAO CITY, Laguna – A mechanic was injured and seven buses were damaged in a fire in a bus garage in Barangay Pulo here on Tuesday morning, Jan. 7. The injured was identified as Ferdinand Nicereo, 46, an underchassis mechanic. He sustained second-degree burns and taken to a hospital. The...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – A college student was killed in a fire in Barangay Ilawod here before dawn on Wednesday, Jan. 8. Police Lt. Col. Malu Calubaquib, Police Regional Office-5 spokesperson, identified the victim as Angelo, a resident of Masbate province. Investigation said a loud explosion was...
ILOILO CITY – A bedridden woman was killed while almost 150 persons were displaced in a fire in this city on Tuesday, Jan. 7. AN aerial of the Jan. 7 fire that killed an elderly and displaced almost 150 people in Iloilo City. (MORE Power) Authorities identified the victim as Susan Aytuna of...
CEBU CITY – A 13-year-old boy was killed in a fire that hit their house in Barangay Duljo-Fatima here on Sunday morning, Jan. 5. The fatality was identified as Wrenchford Cahan. A MAN breaks down after seeing the charred remains of his son who was trapped in their house razed by a fire in...
Thirty-six families lost their homes in a fire in Riverside Compound, Barangay Camp 6, Tuba, Benguet, on New Year’s Day. MAYOR Benjamin Magalong (in white hard hat and jacket) visits houses destroyed by a fire on New Year’s Day in Barangay Camp 6, Tuba, Benguet. One-hundred fifty-five...
(File photo) Nine fire incidents were recorded by the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) in the National Capital Region (NCR) on the very first day of 2025, an official disclosed. BFP spokesperson Fire Senior Supt. Annalee Carbajal-Atienza said one was already confirmed while details on eight other...
CEBU CITY – Tragedy struck just as the year was about to end after two fatal fire incidents broke out in separate areas in Cebu province. AUTHORITIES inspect a house razed by fire in Bogo City, northern Cebu on Sunday afternoon, Dec. 29. (Photo from MyTVCebu) In Tabogon town, a mother and her...
ITOGON, Benguet – An 84-year-old man was killed in a fire that razed his house in Sitio Bay-o, Barangay Tuding, this town, before dawn on Thursday, Dec. 26. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Itogon identified the victim as Felino Balalong Sr. Investigation said that the victim was cooking...
