Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa is pushing to remove the P1-billion cap in the Bureau of Fire Protection's (BFP) utilization of revenues from the Fire Code of the Philippines. During the Senate plenary deliberations on the 2025 national budget, Dela Rosa said that the special provision on the...
BACOLOD CITY – A retired teacher was killed in a fire on her 84th birth anniversary in Purok 4, Barangay Aguisan, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Sunday night, Nov. 10. A RETIRED teacher perished in a fire on her 84th birth anniversary in Barangay Aguisan, Himamaylan City, Negros...
Mayor Honey Lacuna-Pangan addresses the fire victims from Aroma, Tondo, who received assistance not only from Manila but also from other government agencies. More than 2,000 fire victims of the fire that broke out in Aroma, Tondo in September, received cash aid from the local government of...
Papa Ric proudly pointing to his lovely home after fruit picking in his yard. It was close to midnight in Manila. I was restless and feeling uneasy in my bed and could not get a wink. Something was not quite right. Then came the news. Forest fires in the mountains of Xylokastro, a...
TACLOBAN CITY -- Fourteen houses were razed by a fire that broke out in Barangay 62-B, Sagkahan here early Wednesday morning, Oct. 30. The fire was reported at 1:29 a.m. and was put out by firefighters at 2:15 a.m. No injuries or casualties were reported by the Tacloban City Fire Station....
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Two vehicles caught fire in Daraga, Albay on Monday, Oct. 21. Police Lt. Col. Malu Calubaquib, Police Regional Office-5 spokesperson, said that the first incident happened in Purok 4, Barangay Bascaran. A FORD EcoSport Titanium caught fire in Barangay Bascaran,...
SANTA ROSA CITY, Laguna – Two individuals were injured and seven houses were razed in a fire in Barangay Caingin here on Monday morning, October 14. The Bureau of Fire Protection here said that two houses were totally damaged and five were partially burned. Two garages for tricycles were...
CEBU CITY – Twelve houses were razed and three others were damaged in a fire in Barangay Mambaling here on Saturday, October 12. The fire started at 3:38 a.m. and was put out at 5:17 a.m., said FO3 Fulbert Navarro of the Cebu City Fire Station. A FIRE destroys 12 houses in Barangay Mambaling,...
SANTA ROSA CITY, Laguna – Five members of a family were injured in a fire sparked by an e-bike in Barangay Kaunlaran here on Friday, October 11. The Bureau of Fire Protection identified the victims as Shirley de Jesus Rodriguez, 65; Joseph Naya Rodriguez, 29; Angelo, 13, Jomart 12,...
A fire damaged an apartment in a private subdivision in Barangay Tunasan in Muntinlupa on Oct. 1. According to the Muntinlupa City Fire Station, the fire broke out at 10 a.m. from a three-storey apartment on St. Mary Street, Phase 2 in Sto. Niño Village. The fire in Sto. Niño...
CALAUAG, Quezon – A passenger bus caught fire on the Maharlika Highway in Barangay Doña Aurora here before dawn on Tuesday, September 24. A BICOL-bound Raymond Bus caught fire before dawn on Tuesday, September 24, in Calauag, Quezon. (BFP-Calauag FB) Police said the Raymond Bus with...
BAGUIO CITY – The Baguio City Fire Department recorded 78 fire incidents with three fatalities here from January 1 to September 19, 11 more compared to the 67 in the same period last year. A FIRE hits San Carlos Heights, Baguio City on September 18. Mayor Benjamin Magalong expressed...
