ZAMBOANGA CITY – Five persons were injured when a small wooden motorized boat caught fire off the coast of Rio Hondo, Zamboanga City on Thursday evening, July 6. A WOODEN boat locally known as jungkong exploded and caught on fire off the coast of Rio Hondo, Zamboanga City on Thursday night,...
Photo from Ricky Oras/MANILA BULLETIN Twelve families were affected while P300,000 worth of damage was reported in a fire that broke out in a residential area in Sampaloc, Manila on Thursday, July 6. According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the fire was raised to the first alarm at 5:19...
COTABATO CITY (PNA) – A fire of still unknown origin gutted down more than 90 makeshift homes in a village situated beside the Rio Grande de Mindanao River here on Wednesday afternoon, July 5. Barangay Poblacion 7 Chairman Hassal Adtong said the fire started at about 4 p.m. and quickly spread to...
CALAMBA CITY, Laguna – Twenty-five families living along the Philippine National Railways tracks in Barangay Halang here were rendered homeless in a fire on Wednesday, July 5. The Laguna Police Provincial Office (LPPO) said the fire started at 9:45 p.m. and reached second alarm. It was...
A warehouse of a company manufacturing moulded foam products in Taguig was razed by a fire on Tuesday night, July 4. The Taguig City Fire Station said the fire hit the warehouse, measuring about 1,500 sq. m., of Mega Packaging Corp. at about 11:33 p.m. located on Arturo Drive in Barangay...
By Richielyn Canlas A fire hit a hotel in Malate, Manila on Sunday morning, July 2, causing over 700 employees and guests to temporarily evacuate the hotel's premises. (Juan Carlo De Vela / MANILA BULLETIN) Based on the Manila Police District (MPD) Ermita Police Station (PS5)Â report, the fire...
SAN NARCISO, Quezon – Two classrooms of the Abuyon National High School in Barangay Abuyon here caught fire after a lightning strike during a thunderstorm on Wednesday afternoon, June 28. Residents told police that it was raining at about 1 p.m. when a sharp lightning strike suddenly hit, followed...
A fire hit a residential area in Barangay San Jose, Makati City on Monday evening, June 26, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said. According to the BFP, the incident occurred near the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) Guadalupe Nuevo station. The first alarm was raised at 7:23 p.m. and reached the third...
BACOLOD CITY – A Ceres bus caught fire in Purok Rosas, Barangay Calumangan, Bago City, Negros Occidental on Monday, June 26. A CERES Liner bus catches fire in Barangay Calumangan, Bago City, Negros Occidental on Monday, June 26. (Photo courtesy of BFP-Bago City) Police Lt. Col. Joem Malong,...
A fire hit a warehouse containing motor vehicles at Avis Street, Barangay Bagong Ilog, Pasig City on Friday afternoon, June 23. The fire started at around 2:52 p.m. and was raised to the third alarm at 3:02 p.m. by the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP). It was put under control at 3:05 p.m. and...
CEBU CITY – The Maritime Industry Authority-Central Visayas (Marina-7) has suspended the passenger ship safety certificate of a passenger cargo vessel that caught fire off Panglao, Bohol early Sunday morning, June 18. Marina-7 has sent its technical personnel to check on the incident involving MV...
(Tingog Party-list) Congressmen from Mandaluyong City and Quezon City expressed their gratitude to Tingog Party-list and Speaker Martin Romualdez for facilitating the release of cash aid or "ayuda" to victims of recent fire incidents in their respective areas. Thanking Tingog and the office of the...