A fire broke out at the main building of the Social Security System (SSS) along East Avenue, Brgy. Pinyahan, Quezon City early Sunday morning, Aug. 28. The Bureau of Fire Protection -National Capital Region (BFP-NCR) Public Information Office said the fire was raised to first alarm at around 2:05...
All the passengers and crew members aboard the roll-on/roll off passenger ship that caught fire off an anchorage area in Batangas have been accounted for, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) declared on Saturday, August 27. (Courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard) As of 12:40 p.m., the PCG said all 85...
Search and rescue (SAR) personnel were working round-the-clock to find two passengers who remained unaccounted for after a roll-on/roll-off passenger ship caught fire off an anchorage area in Batangas on Friday afternoon, August 26. (Courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard) Joint teams from the...
A roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro) passenger vessel carrying 82 crew members and passengers caught fire off an anchorage area in Batangas on Friday afternoon, August 26. (Courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard) (Courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard) Commodore Armand Balilo, spokesperson of the Philippine Coast...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil -- The number of forest fires in the Brazilian Amazon hit a nearly 15-year high this week, according to official figures that provided the latest warning on the advancing destruction of the world's biggest rainforest. This file photo taken on October 01, 2019 shows a fire...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) dispatched its volunteers and staff to respond to a residential fire on E. Rodriguez Street in Brgy. 144, Pasay City on Wednesday night, Aug. 24. (PHILIPPINE RED CROSS) A fire truck, ambulance, and food truck were also sent to the area as per PRC Chairman and Chief...
BALANGA CITY, Bataan (PNA) – A fire hit a multi-million peso poultry farm in an upland barangay here Saturday afternoon, Aug. 20, killing 50,000 chickens and leaving an estimated damage of more than P37 million. Elvira Tamayo, owner of the poultry farm in Barangay Upper Tuyo, said Sunday, Aug....
TACLOBAN CITY – A woman and her son died in a fire that hit their house in Purok Dahlia, Barangay Cogon, Ormoc City before dawn Sunday, August 21. The victims were identified as Belen and Lyndon Mendoza. The fire which started at around 2:26 a.m. also affected the houses of siblings Marilyn and...
Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano immediately assisted the 39 families whose houses were damaged by a fire that occurred in Barangay 113 on Thursday, Aug. 18. Rubiano together with members of Pasay Rescue Team and the City Social Welfare and Development Office (SWDO) distributed food packs,...
BUENAVISTA, Quezon – Twenty-five families lost their homes in a fire in Purok Sampaguita, Barangay Poblacion before dawn here Monday, August 15. The fire started at 4 a.m. in a store owned by businessman Paul Gulmatico. It quickly spread to nearby houses and stores made of light materials....
Jaya took to social media recently to thank the many kind people who helped her and her family financially after they lost their house in a fire. A friend, Allan Pajimula, created a Go Fund Me page for the singer and her family with their consent. None too soon, help came in droves, enabling them...
BACOOR CITY, Cavite – Some 200 families lost their homes in a fire that razed 50 houses in Tramo, Barangay Maliksi 2 on Friday, August 12. (City Government of Bacoor/MANILA BULLETIN) Bacoor Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office says the fire was reported at 3:42 p.m. and reached the...
