Firefighters respond to a fire at an abandoned storage facility along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City on Monday, April 28, 2025. (Santi San Juan) An abandoned storage facility in Quezon City, a warehouse in Caloocan City, and six houses in Muntinlupa City were razed by fires on Monday...
The fire in Barangay Longos, Malabon City. (Screen grab from Eleazar Lopez) Four persons died and five others were injured, including a minor and a fireman, in a two separate fires that hit residential areas in Barangay Longos, Malabon City and Parañaque City on March 12 and 13. The...
An 84-year-old widow was seriously injured after her son-in-law doused her with gasoline and set her on fire in her home in Barangay Bolinawan, Carcar City, southern Cebu. Lolita Lico-an was taken to the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center in Cebu City due to severe burns in her head and...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – A 74-year-old man accidentally burned himself to death while cleaning a grassy area in Barangay Inoman, Pozorrubio, Pangasinan on Tuesday. Police identified the victim as Fabian O. Songcuan. The victim was burning the area to clear it of grass and bamboo leaves....
DAVAO CITY – The Bureau of Fire Protection recorded an increase in fire incidents here and the Davao region in the first two months of this year compared to the same period in 2023. BAROZZO (Ivy Tejano) In a press conference at the Royal Mandaya Hotel in this city on Wednesday, March 6, marking...
LA TESTE-DE-BUCH, France -- A summer heatwave that has triggered devastating forest fires across southwest Europe showed no signs of abating Sunday, as parts of the continent readied for new temperature records early next week. A firefighter tackles a forest fire around the village of Eiriz in...
PARIS, France -- French officials urged caution Thursday as a record pre-summer heatwave spread across the country from Spain, where authorities were fighting forest fires on a sixth day of sweltering temperatures. A plant grows on a dry bank of the Loire River, in Montjean-sur-Loire on June 16,...
The Marikina City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MCDRRMO) said the local government will strengthen the implementation of its fire incident protocol in line with Fire Prevention Month. In a post on Wednesday, March 3, the MCDRRMO shared how their response towards the fire incident...
The Masungi Georeserve expressed concern on Sunday night, May 16 over the continued forest fires around the wildlife sanctuary, particularly within the protected watershed. "Since April, there have been fires in the protected watershed around us and they have been accelerating the past few weeks,"...
