The Department of Energy (DOE) has conceded to the plea of many liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) retailers in the country that their applications for license-to-operate (LTO) be continually processed despite an earlier enforcement of a deadline. The DOE had initially set July 7 this year as the...
BACOLOD CITY – A fire hit a recycling facility in Purok Paho, Barangay Felisa here on Friday, October 13. Damage to property was estimated at P4.2 million. BFP personnel put out a fire in a recycling facility in Barangay Feslisa, Bacolod City on Friday, October 13. (BFP-Bacolod) The Bureau...
Las Piñas Vice-Mayor April Aguilar at the evacuation site/Photo from Las Piñas PIO Las Piñas City Vice-Mayor April Aguilar visited the 43 families who were victims of a recent fire to assess their immediate needs and look after their welfare. The 43 families were victims of a...
DAVAO CITY – A fire hit a popular supermarket here on Thursday night, October 5. Some P150,000 worth of goods were destroyed in the blaze at the fresh section of the NCCC Supermarket Main Magsaysay. Senior Fire Officer 4 Ramil Gillado, Davao City Fire District spokesperson, said that the...
A mother, her two daughters, and a nephew died when a fire razed their house in Taguig on Oct. 5. According to the Taguig City Fire Station, the blaze started at about 3:54 a.m. in a house at No. 324 Gumamela Street, Katipunan Village in Barangay Western Bicutan. The fire in Barangay...
BACOLOD CITY – An elderly Japanese died in a fire that hit his house in Purok Lumboy, Barangay Tabugon, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, October 3. The victim was identified as 80-year-old Gaiji Fukuda. A JAPANESE national was killed in a fire in Barangay Tabugon, Kabankalan City,...
MALVAR, Batangas – Six stalls were gutted by a fire in Barangay Bulihan, this town, on Sunday night, October 1. Police identified the stall occupants as Edison Umali, Mhean Umali, Belen Umali, Jenepher Ayangco, Liza Garcia, Beverlyn Rosal, and Eric Garcia. The victims were occupants of Bert...
CEBU CITY – Twenty-three houses were razed in a fire in Barangay Tejero here on Thursday afternoon, September 28. It was the third fire that hit Barangay Tejero this month. The last was September 10 when two fires broke out just hours apart and at least 30 houses were affected. Eighteen...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Canlubang, Laguna – A tanker truck and an aluminum van caught on fire in Batangas and Quezon on Wednesday, September 27. The Police Regional Office 4-A said the tanker truck loaded with coconut oil was traveling on the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX) at the highway boundary...
A fire razed a house in Barangay Alabang, Muntinlupa on Sept. 28. According to the Muntinlupa City Fire Station, the blaze started at about 8:17 a.m. at a house at No. 139 Wawa Street in Alabang. The fire in Alabang, Muntinlupa on Sept. 28 (Muntinlupa City Department of Disaster...
BACOLOD CITY – Four houses were destroyed in a fire that hit a residential area on Neptune St., Purok Paho, Fuentebella, Barangay Taculing here on Tuesday, September 26. Three houses were totally damaged while another was partially damaged, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said. Damage to...
A total of 37 families were given financial assistance after their houses were razed in a fire in Taguig on Sept. 25. According to the Taguig City Fire Station, the fire started from a three-story residential structure on Kasoy Street in Barangay Western Bicutan at about 11:07 a.m. ...