One person suffered first degree burns when a fire hit a commercial establishment in Taguig on Tuesday, Feb. 15. According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Taguig, the fire started at a commercial establishment on Sampaloc Street corner Meralco Road in Purok 4-B, Lower Bicutan. Firefighters...
CAVITE CITY – The local government unit (LGU) here is appropriating P21 million to aid the victims of the massive fire that razed houses in four barangays on Saturday, Feb. 12. In a text message to Manila Bulletin on Feb. 14, Vice Mayor Denver Chua said each of the 700 families affected will...
A fire hit a residential area in Barangay Nangka, Marikina City, destroying 25 houses and displacing about 50 families or 375 individuals on Monday morning, Feb. 14. According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the fire on Balubad Street was raised to the first alarm at 10:38 a.m. and reached...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) deployed its "Hot Meals on Wheels" food truck to assist families who were affected by a recent fire that hit three barangays in Cavite City, currently staying at the evacuation area in Ladislao Diwa Elementary School. (Photo from Philippine Red Cross / MANILA...
CAVITE CITY – A man is making the rounds online after being photographed saving his dogs from flames that engulfed over 700 houses in four barangays here on Saturday, Feb. 12. Amid the chaos, sidecar driver Almario Ramos Jr. made sure that his four pets were safe from the fire. Jeff Quinio /...
CAVITE CITY – Community aid is pouring in for more than 700 families affected by the massive fire that broke out in four barangays on Feb. 12. City Social Welfare and Development Officer Rowena Andrade told the Manila Bulletin that the local government unit (LGU) is currently assisting three...
CAVITE CITY – A fire broke out in a residential area called Palace in Barangay 24 and spread across Barangays 25, 26, and 27 on Saturday (Feb. 12). Vice Mayor Denver Chua told the Manila Bulletin that the fire, which reached alarm level five, razed over 200 houses in Barangay 24 alone....
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo M. Año condemned on Saturday, Feb. 12, the New People’s Army (NPA) for the encounter in Northern Samar that led to the death of two children. Año said the communist rebels opened fire at the troop of the Philippine...
A fire gutted homes on Gervacio St., Barangay Hulong Duhat, in Malabon City on Thursday, Feb. 10. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) Public Information Office said the fire was raised to first alarm at around 11:35 a.m. and went up to second alarm at around 11:50 a.m. The fire was declared under...
A 67-year-old woman and her daughter died in a fire that gutted their three-storey house on 11th St., New Manila, Brgy. Mariana, in Quezon City early Wednesday morning, Feb. 9. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) Public Information Office said that the victims, identified as Helen Uy, 67; and...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Saturday, Feb. 5, posted messages of support to Russian officials in the country following Friday's blaze that torched the Russian Embassy in Makati City. DFA (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) In a Twitter post, the DFA said it is “relieved” to learn from...
A fire has hit the Embassy of the Russian Federation located on Acacia St. Barangay Dasmariñas, Makati City on Friday night, Feb. 4. According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the fire started at 8:25 p.m. The second alarm was then raised at 8:42 p.m. The fire was declared under control...
