ILOILO CITY — Authorities urged residents to take precaution after a water well being dug up in Dueñas town, Iloilo province spewed flames due to the presence of methane. “Residents and property owners refrain from smoking, lighting fires, or conducting activities that may generate...
A huge fire razed about 150 houses and injured a man in AFP Officers Village (AFPOVAI) in Taguig on June 13. The Taguig City Fire Station reported that the blaze started at about 9:30 a.m. at Ato Side Zone 7-B in Barangay Western Bicutan. Firefighters raised the first alarm at 9:37 a.m. and...
A fire broke out at a junkshop along Latukan Street in Barangay Manresa, Quezon City on Saturday morning, June 13, prompting the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) to deploy firefighters to control the blaze. According to the BFP, the fire involved a storage area of the junkshop after it was reported...
Forty-two volunteers were safely rescued after a yacht carrying them and the relief supplies caught fire while on its way to deliver aid to earthquake-hit communities in Southern Mindanao on Friday. Video footage posted on the official social media page of the Adventists Southern Asia-Pacific...
SAN PEDRO CITY, Laguna – A 58-year-old Person with Disability (PWD) was killed and six families lost their homes in a one-hour fire in Barangay San Vicente here on Thursday morning, June 11. Police identified the victim as Ricky. The fire started at about 7:34 a.m. and was declared under control...
CALAMBA CITY, Laguna – A pregnant woman and three others were killed and another individual was injured in a fire in a building in Barangay Rea here on Thursday, June 11. Calamba City police chief Police Col. Dennis de Guzman said the fatalities were living and trapped on the second floor of the...
Two individuals were hurt after a fire broke out at a bazaar inside the Valenzuela Gateway Complex in Barangay Paso de Blas, Valenzuela City on Thursday, June 11. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) has yet to release the identities and condition of the injured individuals. The blaze started at...
MANGALDAN, Pangasinan — Three service crew members were injured in a fire in a fast-food restaurant in Barangay Poblacion here on Wednesday morning, June 10. Investigation said the blaze originated at 8:24 a.m. from a fryer that caught fire while in operation. The fire was confined to the ground...
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong authorities on Wednesday charged seven people and two companies with offenses including manslaughter and conspiracy to defraud over the city 's deadliest fire in decades. The massive blaze engulfed seven apartment buildings and killed 168 people on Nov. 26, 2025....
BACOLOD CITY – The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) called out on Tuesday those behind the report of a hoax residential fire in this highly urbanized city on Monday night. In a public advisory, the Bacolod City Fire Station said that aside from the hoax fire call, there was also an incident...
Fire razed three houses and affected 17 individuals before midnight on Saturday, June 6, in the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) Reservation in Barangay Poblacion, Muntinlupa City. The blaze affected four families in Vicar Village, according to the Muntinlupa City government. The Muntinlupa City...
A fire broke out in a Grade 2 classroom on the second floor of Justo Lukban Elementary School in Paco, Manila, on Thursday night, June 4. The Manila Police District (MPD) said the fire was reported at around 8:40 p.m. at the school building on Apacible Street in Barangay 674. It was extinguished at...
