A family of three was electrocuted to death in their home in Barangay San Luis, Solano, Nueva Vizcaya, on Sunday, July 12. Police identified the victims as a 36-year-old barangay tanod, his wife, and their son. Investigation said the father was hanging clothes when the clothesline touched the...
The Quezon City government is investigating an electrocution incident that claimed the lives of three individuals inside an apartment in Barangay Pinyahan on Friday, July 10. The local government said it is coordinating with the Quezon City Department of Building Official (DBO) and the Quezon City...
Three siblings died after being electrocuted inside their apartment in Barangay Pinyahan, Quezon City, on Friday night, July 10. Initial investigation by the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) Kamuning Police Station showed that a 15-year-old girl was hanging clothes on a metal clothesline at the...
ILOILO – A teenage boy was killed and a man was injured when they were electrocuted during a foam party in Banate, a coastal town in Iloilo province. The Banate Municipal Police Station identified the fatality as 11-year-old Prince and the injured as 25-year-old Kent. Investigation said the...
BANGUED, Abra – Two cousins were electrocuted to death while repairing the roof of a house in Barangay Angad, this capital town, on Sunday, June 14. Police said the victims were construction workers and residents of Barangay Baac, Langiden, Abra. Investigation showed that the incident occurred at...
A 22-year-old man sustained severe burns after being electrocuted and plunging from a post at the corner of Tayuman and Perfecto Streets in Sta. Cruz, Manila, on Monday, May 11. The victim, identified as Adrian Tarinting, was immediately assisted by personnel of the Manila Disaster Risk Reduction...
TACLOBAN CITY – A retiring police officer was electrocuted to death after touching a live wire in Purok 3, Barangay Libertad, Ormoc City, Saturday, April 18. Police identified the victim as Leo, 55, assigned to the Ormoc City Police Station 3. Initial investigation said that Leo was helping Rico,...
An employee of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) died while his colleague was hurt after they were electrocuted by a live wire while conducting tree-pruning operations in Sta. Mesa, Manila, on Saturday, March 15, the Manila Police District (MPD) said. The police identified the...
TACLOBAN CITY — A 67-year-old farmer and his carabao were electrocuted to death in Barangay Bantigue, Ormoc City, Leyte on Wednesday. Police identified the victim as Turning. Initial investigation disclosed Turning left the carabao to pasture in the area. The carabao’s rope touched a live wire...
CURRIMAO, Ilocos Norte – Two construction workers were killed and four others were injured in an accidental electrocution in Barangay Tapao-Tigue here on Thursday morning, Feb. 19. Police Capt. Melvin P. Soriano, chief of police of Currimao, said the incident occurred at around 8 a.m....
BACOLOD CITY – A 44-year-old lineman was electrocuted to death in Barangay III-Poblacion, Pontevedra, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, Nov. 11, days before 45th birth anniversary. The Negros Occidental Electric Cooperative (Noceco) mourned the death of Sarex Alonso, a resident of Barangay San Juan,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two persons are facing criminal charges for allegedly operating an illegal electricity connection that led to the electrocution of two children here last June. The victims were playing volleyball at Valle Vista in Barangay Kasanyangan when they came in contact with an illicit...
