67811 BACOLOD CITY - A fire hit a residential area in Sitio Dakuta Dako, Barangay Mambulac, Silay City, Negros Occidental, gutted 31 houses, and displaced 191 persons on Tuesday, Feb. 22. Of the total number of houses, 29 were totally damaged while two others werepartially damaged, according to...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) announced on Monday, Feb. 21, the promotion of 65 Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) officials to the rank of Fire Senior Superintendent, which is equivalent to the full Colonel rank. DILG Secretary Eduardo Año in Department Order 2022-065...
By Khriscielle Yalao An elderly woman died while a child was injured in a fire that hit a commercial building at Kalayaan Avenue in Barangay Guadalupe Nuevo, Makati City on Sunday morning, Feb. 20. (Photo courtesy of Ruel Sebron Llauderes FB Live via Fire Alert Metro Manila FB Page / MANILA...
ATHENS, Greece – A fire broke out Friday on an Italian-flagged cruise ship sailing through the Mediterranean's Ionian Sea with 237 passengers and 51 crew on board, according to Greek port police. (bssnews.net) All passengers from the Euroferry Olympia, which was heading to Italy from the...
A six-year-old died and two others were hurt in a fire that broke out on Don Primitivo St. Don Antonio Heights, Brgy. Holy Spirit on Wednesday, Feb. 17. According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) Public Information office (PIO), the fire was raised to 1st alarm at around 9:10 a.m. (BFP-NCR...
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....
