On May 22, 2023, a massive fire broke out at the Manila Central Post Office. The fire, which started at around 11:45 p.m., quickly spread through the building and was not brought under control until more than seven hours later. The fire caused extensive damage to the building, destroying much of its...
(Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) House Deputy Speaker and Batangas 6th district Rep. Ralph Recto has called for a reconstruction of the razed Manila Central Post Office building even as its embers have hardly cooled down. "Government should rebuild the National Post Office Building. Fast, and not...
(Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) To say that Professor Clarita Carlos is devastated by the apparent destruction of the Manila Central Post Office building by fire is a massive understatement. "My sadness is in full throttle as I watch this building, built during the American occupation, buried even...
Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan (Facebook) Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan wants the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) to finally put an end to the perennial backlog on fire trucks in the country. In a public hearing of the House Committee on Public Order on Tuesday,...
Two fishermen were injured when a fishing vessel suddenly caught fire and eventually sank off Cuyo, Palawan, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported on Tuesday, May 16. (Courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard Station Eastern Palawan) The PCG said that FV Victor 89, a fiber-made fishing vessel owned...
Despite the heavy downpour on Tuesday, May 16, a fire razed houses on Lerma St., Barangay San Jose, Mandaluyong City, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) reported. According to the BFP, the fire started at 6:33 a.m. and had reached the 2nd alarm at 6:41 a.m. Firefighters declared fire out at 7:10...
Eight people were reportedly hurt in a fire that hit a residential area in Las Piñas City on Monday, May 15. According to the report of the Bureau of Fire and Protection (BFP), four male and four female were injured during the incident. The victims reportedly suffered dizziness, chest...
Bureau of Fire Protection/MANILA BULLETIN One person died while four others were injured in a fire that gutted 400 houses on Oroquieta St., Barangay 310, Sta Cruz, Manila, on Sunday morning, May 14. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) identified the injured victims as Danilo Roque, 29, who...
A fire hit a business establishment in Muntinlupa on May 9, damaging P40,000 worth of properties. According to the Muntinlupa City Fire Station, the fire happened at Remenes Center along National Road in Barangay Putatan at about 12:28 p.m. The fire at Remenes Center in Muntinlupa on May 9...
Two fires hit houses along Delpan Street and Zobel Roxas Avenue in Sta. Ana, Manila, on Friday, May 5. According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the fire that broke out at Tejeron St. corner Delpan St. reached the first alarm at 11:03 a.m. and was elevated to the second alarm at 11:12...
Two fires razed residential communities in Barangays Don Bosco and La Huerta in Parañaque City on Thursday, May 4, causing injury to one person and displacing hundreds of residents. Firefighters try to save properties in the twin fires that hit Paranaque City on Thursday, May 4. The first fire...
Seven houses were destroyed in a fire that hit a residential area in Muntinlupa on May 3. According to the Muntinlupa City Fire Station, the blaze occurred at about 5:16 p.m. at Block 8, Purok 1, Barangay Bayanan. The fire in Barangay Bayanan, Muntinlupa on May 3 (Photos from BFP Muntinlupa, ...
