Senator Sherwin Gatchalian called on the government to strengthen its fire prevention measures amid El Niño conditions in the country. Senator Win Gatchalian has called on the government to step up fire prevention measures amid EL Niño conditions in the country as he distributed food aid to fire...
BAGUIO CITY – The Bureau of Fire Protection-Cordillera logged 63 forest fires which destroyed 322 hectares of forests here and the province of Benguet from January 1 to February 23. An estimated 20 hectares of forest were affected by a fire in the Philippine Military Academy area in...
TACLOBAN CITY – Fifty-one families were displaced and 43 houses and establishments were razed by a fire in a residential area in Barangay Cogon, Ormoc City, Leyte on Thursday night, February 22. MAP of Leyte with Ormoc City highlighted A man, Ivan Caliwan, was injured in the blaze that...
A total of 70 houses were destroyed when a fire hit a residential area in Barangay Poblacion, Muntinlupa on Feb. 23. According to the Muntinlupa City Fire Station, the blaze displaced about 250 families or about 1,000 individuals. The fire started from a house on Rizal Aplaya at about...
BATANGAS CITY – A 73-year-old woman died in a fire that gutted her house in Purok 6, Barangay Calicanto, this city, on Thursday morning, February 22. Arson investigators identified the victim as Ludivina Espiritu. The fire started at 6:30 a.m. in Espiritu’s kitchen and also affected her...
ILOILO CITY – Mayor Jerry Treñas has ordered the Office of the Building Official (OBO), the Business Permits and Licensing Office (BPLO), and the Boarding House Commission to step up the inspection of boarding houses following a fire here that killed two persons here recently. AN aerial photo of...
BACOLOD CITY – Ten houses were destroyed in a fire in Ditching Subdivision, Barangay V, Victorias City, Negros Occidental on Monday, February 19. A FIRE razes 10 houses in Barangay V, Victorias City, Negros Occidental on Monday, February 19. (Photo courtesy of Chamber Volunteer Fire Brigade)...
TACLOBAN CITY – A 72-year-old woman died in a fire that razed four houses in Barangay 2, Catbalogan City, Samar on Tuesday, February 20. The victim was identified as Jovita Norombaba Lapara. Lapara went back to get her money and other important belongings from the second floor of her house....
ILOILO CITY – A 26-year-old call center agent and a 21-year-old college student died in a boarding house fire in Barangay San Nicolas La Paz District here on Sunday afternoon, February 18. AN aerial photo of the February 18 fire in Barangay San Nicolas, La Paz, Iloilo City, that killed two...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Families affected by a fire in Barangay Nazareth here on February 15 have appealed for financial aid or construction materials to enable them to rebuild their houses. FAMILIES affected by a fire in Barangay Nazareth, Cagayan de Oro City temporarily stay in tents at the...
BACOLOD CITY – A 15-year-old boy died in a fire that razed four houses in Hacienda Josefa Una, Barangay Blumentritt, Murcia, Negros Occidental before dawn on Saturday, February 17. Arson probers withheld the name of the fatality, a Grade 10 student. A 15-year-old boy was killed in a fire that...
MANAOAG, Pangasinan – A fire destroyed eight stalls selling religious articles at Gate 2 of the Minor Basilica of the Our Lady of Manaoag here on Thursday night, February 15. SMOKE rises from burning stalls at the Minor Basilica of the Our Lady of Manaoag in Manaoag, Pangasinan on...
