CEBU CITY – Close to 200 families were rendered homeless in a fire that hit a highly populated area in Barangay Sambag 2 here on Monday afternoon, April 8. A FIRE hits Barangay Sambag 2, Cebu City on Monday afternoon, April 8. (Screenshot from Facebook live of Win Rañada Ramos) The fire...
CEBU CITY – A forest fire broke out in Oslob town, southern Cebu on Saturday night, April 6. FIREMEN put out a forest fire that broke out in Oslob town, southern Cebu on Saturday night, April 6. (Oslob DRRMO) Firefighters took several hours to put out the fire that hit the mountains of...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Bacolod reported 10 grass fire incidents here on Tuesday, April 2. SEVEN hectares of grassland were destroyed in a late afternoon fire in Barangay Banago, Bacolod City on Tuesday, April 2. (Photo courtesy of BFP-Bacolod) A total of nine hectares...
CEBU CITY – A slight increase in fire incidents was recorded in this year’s observance of Fire Prevention Month here last March. According to the Cebu City Fire Station, a total of 39 fire incidents were recorded in this city last month. There were 33 fire incidents here in March last year....
BACOLOD CITY – The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) here is implementing controlled burning of grasslands to manage grass fires in this city. Controlled burning was first enforced in the vicinity of Pope John Paul II Tower in Barangay 8 on Monday night. THE Bureau of Fire Protection...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Thirty-seven houses were razed in a fire in coastal Barangay Labuan here on Easter Sunday. The City Social Welfare and Development Office said that 42 families or 170 individuals were displaced by the fire. Most of the victims sought temporary shelter at the barangay covered...
BACOLOD CITY – A beach cafe in Barangay Miranda, Pontevedra, Negros Occidental, was razed in a fire at past midnight on Black Saturday. A FIRE razes a beach cafe in Barangay Miranda, Pontevedra, Negros Occidental on Black Saturday. (Photo courtesy of Maureen Andrea Soliguen) Senior...
Mayor Ruffy Biazon thanked personnel from the city government and barangay for helping in the relief operations for the more than 1,000 families affected by a fire that hit a residential area in Barangay Alabang last March 17. During the weekly flag-raising ceremony, Biazon said as of last...
BINMALEY, Pangasinan – A senior citizen died in a fire in Barangay Buenlag here on Monday, March 25. Police identified the fatality as Arnulfo Salviejo Rosanes, 66. Two college students were injured in the fire – James Rafael Cadungog Rosanes, 18, and Kyle Nicole Cadungog, 22....
Photo from the Manila DRRMO/ MANILA BULLETIN A female senior citizen was hurt, while 50 families or 150 individuals were displaced by a fire that gutted at least 30 houses in Tondo, Manila on Sunday night, March 24. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said the 60-year-old woman suffered...
The Muntinlupa City government gave more than P7 million in financial assistance to residents who were affected by a fire in Alabang last March 17. Mayor Ruffy Biazon went to the Alabang Elementary School, being used as an evacuation site for the affected families, to oversee the process of...
BACOLOD CITY – Twenty-three persons, including the captain, were rescued after their fishing vessel caught fire and capsized in the sea in Sitio Lintub, Barangay Nagbo-alao, Basay, Negros Oriental on Wednesday, March 20. A FISHING vessel catches fire in Barangay Nagbo-alao, Basay, Negros Oriental...
