By DIANN IVY CALUCIN A fire broke out at a storage room in the Land Transportation Office (LTO) building along East Avenue, Brgy. Pinyahan, Quezon City on Sunday, Nov. 13. The Quezon City Fire District (QCFD) said a ceiling fan in the storage room caught fire due to overheating of its fan motor....
CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela – The warehouse of Isabela Leaf Company Inc. on Chancellor Ave. District 1, this city, was hit by a fire on Saturday, Nov. 12. FIREMEN put out a fire that hit a tobacco company warehouse in Cauayan City, Isabela on Saturday, Nov. 12. (Leah J. via Liezle Basa-Inigo) Four...
A fire hit a house at Tata Selo St., San Francisco Compound Predel 2, Gen T. De Leon, Valenzuela City on Saturday, Nov. 12. According to the initial report of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the first alarm was declared at 3:22 p.m. and escalated to the second alarm at 3:31 p.m. The BFP said...
CEBU CITY – A group of female fighters is out to prove that they can be counted upon in a male-dominated profession. THE 15 female firefighters of the Pardo Fire Substation in Cebu City pose with officials of the Bureau of Fire Protection-Central Visayas during a recent activity. (Calvin D....
One person was injured while three houses were razed in a fire in Muntinlupa on Nov. 11. According to the Muntinlupa City Fire Station, the fire hit a house owned by Lousia Palicte at Block 10, Purok 1, Alcaraz Compound in Barangay Bayanan at about 4:40 p.m. The fire in Barangay Bayanan in...
Thirty-two families were affected by a fire that hit a residential area in Brgy. San Roque, Navotas City early Tuesday morning, Nov. 8, the Navotas City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (DRRMO) head confirmed. According to Navotas City DRRMO Head Vonne Villanueva, the fire gutted...
Six persons, including four minors, died during a fire that gutted their house at Area 5, Barangay Dagat-dagatan in Navotas City on Friday morning, Nov. 4. The Navotas City Fire Station said the fire started in the bedroom on the second floor of the house. Fire investigators said couple Donsito...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – An 11-year-old boy died in a fire that hit their house on Tuesday, Oct. 25, at University Site Village, Barangay Ibabang Dupay, this city. The Bureau of Fire Protection here said the fire at the house owned by his relative Teresa de Vera started at 9 p.m. Firemen...
At least 29 individuals were rescued by firefighters during a fire that broke out in an eight-storey commercial building at the corner of Scout Tuazon and Scout Rallos Streets in Barangay Laging Handa, Quezon City on Wednesday, Oct. 26. The Quezon City Fire District (QFCD) said the firefighters...
By Diann Calucin Two children died in a fire that hit a residential area at Urrutia Street, Barangay Gen. T. De Leon, Valenzuela City on Monday, Oct. 24. According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) report, the bodies of the victims -- two girls aged three and nine -- were found inside their...
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- The large dome of a grand mosque in Indonesia's capital Jakarta collapsed after a major fire, without causing any casualties. This aerial picture taken on October 20, 2022 shows the smouldering remains of the collapsed dome of the Islamic Centre mosque in Jakarta, which caught...
Officials of the city government of Antipolo distributed school supplies to the children of families whose homes were gutted by a fire on Monday, Oct. 17. Mayor Casimiro "Junjun" Ynares III led city officials in distributing school bags, notebooks, and other school supplies to the fire victims of...
