BACOLOD CITY – A fire hit the old building of the Negros Oriental Provincial Hospital in Dumaguete City on Tuesday night, Nov. 18. Several patients were evacuated to the parking area during the fire. Gov. Manuel “Chaco” Sagarbarria responded to the area and checked affected areas to ensure...
TOKYO (AP) — Firefighters and army helicopters were battling a fire Wednesday that has burned through a neighborhood in southwestern Japan and forced more than 170 people to evacuate. At least 170 homes have been damaged or burned down and a man in his 70s was unaccounted for, Japan 's Fire...
A total of 110 prefabricated homes were turned over by the San Juan City government on Tuesday, Nov. 18, to residents who lost their homes in a fire that hit Barangay Batis last April 16. 2024. San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora, Social Housing Finance Corporation (SHFC) President Federico Laxa,...
Two individuals, including a 68-year-old woman, died in a fire that broke out in a residential area in Antipolo City, Rizal, on Wednesday night, Nov. 12. According to the Antipolo City Component Police Station (Antipolo CCPS), the victims were found lifeless inside the comfort room of their home....
TACLOBAN CITY – Eighty-two houses were destroyed in a fire before dawn on Sunday in Barangay Iniguihan, Bato town, Leyte province. One-hundred six families were displaced by the fire that reached the third alarm. Five-hundred eighty-nine families evacuated to the municipal evacuation center. The...
A fire of still unknown origin hit the Saint Vincent Ferrer Prayer Park in Barangay Bani, Bayambang, Pangasinan on Thursday, Nov. 6. Police said the fire started at 12:30 p.m. at the back of the stock room where groceries and construction materials were stored. Firemen from Bayambang and nearby...
BACOLOD CITY – Twenty-two houses were razed in two fires here on Wednesday night, Nov. 5, and Thursday morning, Nov. 6, amid a blackout caused by typhoon “Tino.” The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Bacolod said the first blaze broke out at 8:56 p.m. Wednesday in Purok Riverside, Barangay...
SAN ANTONIO, Quezon – A poultry farm was destroyed in a fire in on Tuesday night, Nov. 4, in Barangay San Jose here. Police said the blaze that struck Gold Star 88 poultry farm started at 11 p.m. Investigation said a farm caretaker was inspecting a building 4 when an electrical circuit breaker...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – Two toddlers were killed in a fire that destroyed their house in Purok 5, Barangay Dalahican, this city, on All Saints’ Day. Police identified the victims as Francis, one-year-old, and brother Vladimir, two. The fire broke out at the house owned by their auntie Joyce, 26,...
PAGBILAO, Quezon – An employee was killed and nine colleagues were injured in a fire that hit the Pagbilao Power Station operated by Pagbilao Energy Corp. in Ibabang Polo here on Friday night, Oct. 31. The Pagbilao Energy Corp. (PEC) said the fire occurred at about 9 p.m. and has been contained....
A housing apartment was gutted in a fire that hit a residential area in Novaliches, Quezon City (QC), TXTFIRE reported on Friday, Oct. 31. The authorities said the blaze in Barangay San Agustin started at around 2:37 p.m. and was quickly raised to the second alarm at 2:44 p.m. Firefighters...
A 50-year-old man reportedly died of suffocation during a fire in a residential area in Barangay Tañong, Marikina City, early Saturday, Oct. 25. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said the fire started at around 2:09 a.m. and was extinguished at approximately 2:56 a.m. Based on initial...
