Three children died in a fire that gutted a residential area at the corner of South 17 and Father Martinez Streets, Brgy. Obrero, in Quezon City early Thursday morning, Sept. 8. Senior Fire Officer 3 Rolando Valena of the Quezon Fire District (QCFD), investigator on case, said the two victims who...
Two separate fires hit residential areas in Manila on Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 7. Fire at Villafojas St., in Tondo, Manila on Sept. 7, 2022. (Photo courtesy of Manila DRRMO) According to the Manila Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (DRRMO), the fire on Villafojas St. in Tondo, hit the...
HANOI, Vietnam -- The death toll from a fire that tore through a karaoke bar in southern Vietnam has risen to 32, state media said Wednesday. This picture taken on September 6, 2022 and released on September 7 by the Vietnam News Agency shows firefighters at the scene of a deadly fire that engulfed...
An online user was not happy that Amy Perez tried to continue with her work for Teleradyo's “Sakto”despite the fire that occurred at the ABS-CBN compound on Tuesday. "Very reckless. I'm not bashing her. I'm concern(ed) with her safety," the netizen related. Amy quickly explained her side. She...
A fire hit the ABS-CBN compound along Sgt. Esguerra Avenue, Brgy. South Triangle, in Quezon City on Tuesday, Sept. 6. The Bureau of Fire Protection said the fire was raised to first alarm at around 8:30 a.m. It was extinguished at around 8:39 a.m. In a DZBB report, Barangay South Triangle officials...
Around 50 houses were destroyed in a fire that hit a residential area along Sitio Pajo, Brgy. Baesa, in Quezon City on Monday, Sept. 5. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said the fire started at around 9:56 a.m. The Quezon City Fire District (QCFD) said the fire was declared under control at...
ILIGAN CITY – Classes resumed Thursday, Sept. 1, one day after a fire destroyed the 101-year-old Gabaldon building of the Lala Proper Integrated School in Barangay Lala Proper, Lala, Lanao del Norte before dawn Wednesday, Aug. 31. CLASSES resume outside the burned Gabaldon building of the Lala...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (PNA) – A centennial school building in Lala, Lanao del Norte was razed to the ground in a pre-dawn fire Wednesday, Aug. 31, destroying some P19.7-million worth of properties. Senior Fire Officer 2 Jessie Cabigon, lead investigator of the Bureau of Fire Protection-Lala Fire...
BACOLOD CITY – Three persons were injured in a fire that destroyed 11 houses in Purok Amor, Lopez Jaena St., Barangay Villamonte here Wednesday, Aug. 31. THE Bureau of Fire Protection puts out a fire in Barangay Villamonte, Bacolod City, Wednesday, Aug. 31. (Photo courtesy of BFP-Bacolod)...
A fire hit a famous two-storey restaurant along Tomas Morato Ave, Barangay Sacred Heart in Quezon City twice on Wednesday morning, Aug. 31. According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) Public Information Office, the fire first started at around 4:32 a.m. at Annabel's restaurant and was...
STOCKHOLD, Sweden -- A large rescue operation was under way off the Swedish coast on Monday where a car ferry with 300 people on board was on fire, Swedish maritime authorities said. "There is a fire on the car deck," Swedish Maritime Administration spokesman Jonas Franzen told AFP, adding that...
No member data records were affected by the fire that hit Social Security System (SSS)'s Main Office Building in East Avenue, Quezon City on Sunday morning, Aug. 28. (SSS Main Office / File Photo) In a statement, SSS also assured its members, pensioners, and the general public that there is no...