RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil -- The number of forest fires in the Brazilian Amazon hit a nearly 15-year high this week, according to official figures that provided the latest warning on the advancing destruction of the world's biggest rainforest. This file photo taken on October 01, 2019 shows a fire...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) dispatched its volunteers and staff to respond to a residential fire on E. Rodriguez Street in Brgy. 144, Pasay City on Wednesday night, Aug. 24. (PHILIPPINE RED CROSS) A fire truck, ambulance, and food truck were also sent to the area as per PRC Chairman and Chief...
BALANGA CITY, Bataan (PNA) – A fire hit a multi-million peso poultry farm in an upland barangay here Saturday afternoon, Aug. 20, killing 50,000 chickens and leaving an estimated damage of more than P37 million. Elvira Tamayo, owner of the poultry farm in Barangay Upper Tuyo, said Sunday, Aug....
TACLOBAN CITY – A woman and her son died in a fire that hit their house in Purok Dahlia, Barangay Cogon, Ormoc City before dawn Sunday, August 21. The victims were identified as Belen and Lyndon Mendoza. The fire which started at around 2:26 a.m. also affected the houses of siblings Marilyn and...
Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano immediately assisted the 39 families whose houses were damaged by a fire that occurred in Barangay 113 on Thursday, Aug. 18. Rubiano together with members of Pasay Rescue Team and the City Social Welfare and Development Office (SWDO) distributed food packs,...
BUENAVISTA, Quezon – Twenty-five families lost their homes in a fire in Purok Sampaguita, Barangay Poblacion before dawn here Monday, August 15. The fire started at 4 a.m. in a store owned by businessman Paul Gulmatico. It quickly spread to nearby houses and stores made of light materials....
Jaya took to social media recently to thank the many kind people who helped her and her family financially after they lost their house in a fire. A friend, Allan Pajimula, created a Go Fund Me page for the singer and her family with their consent. None too soon, help came in droves, enabling them...
BACOOR CITY, Cavite – Some 200 families lost their homes in a fire that razed 50 houses in Tramo, Barangay Maliksi 2 on Friday, August 12. (City Government of Bacoor/MANILA BULLETIN) Bacoor Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office says the fire was reported at 3:42 p.m. and reached the...
ORANI, Bataan – A father and his daughter died in a fire that burned 15 houses here Monday, August 8. Police identified the victims as Johnny Muyon, 56, and Janine Emerald Muyon, 20. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) reported that 10 houses were razed to the ground while five others were...
Jaya is facing another upheaval. A fire has engulfed her US residence. The singer took to social media Monday to share with fans a picture of their house, going on to assure them that despite the damage, she and the rest of her family are all safe. https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg-sKGDpQo3/ She...
BANGKOK, Thailand -- The death toll from a massive fire that ripped through a Thai nightclub rose to 15 on Saturday, a rescue service said. The destroyed facade of the Mountain B nightclub is pictured after a deadly fire in Sattahip district in Thailand's Chonburi province on August 5, 2022....
The Taguig City government provided help to 30 families or 129 individuals who were affected by a fire that hit a residential area on Aug. 4. According to the Taguig City Fire Station, the fire started at No. 47 Purok 1 A, DOTC Compound in Barangay New Lower Bicutan. The fire in Barangay New Lower...
