ZAMBOANGA CITY – Forty houses were razed in a fire in Barangay Tetuan here on Friday, Sept. 19. The blaze, which began at 3:14 p.m., was placed under control an hour later. The fire started in one of the houses made from light materials and quickly spread to adjoining structures. Nobody was hurt...
Firefighters responded to a fire that hit Divisoria Mall in Binondo, Manila, on Friday morning, Sept. 19. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said the fire started at 11:23 a.m. and was declared fire out at around 11:47 a.m. The fire reportedly started at the ceiling of a store selling lights and...
President Marcos assured displaced families in Tondo, Manila, of sustained government assistance as they recover from a massive fire that razed more than a thousand homes over the weekend. Marcos said this as he visited on Thursday, Sept. 18, General Vicente Lim Elementary School, which now...
CEBU CITY – More than 40 houses were razed in an early morning fire in Barangay Tejero here on Wednesday, Sept. 17. The fire broke out past 3 a.m. and it took two hours before it was contained, said SFO3 Wendell Villanueva, information officer of the Cebu City Fire Office. The fire reached third...
Three cats and a dog were trapped and killed after a fire broke out in five-adjacent apartment units on Violet Street, Barangay Pasong Tamo, Quezon City, on Wednesday, September 17. According to arson probers, the fire started at around 2 a.m. and was raised to the first alarm as thick smoke...
BACOLOD CITY – Following a devastating fire that left nearly 1,000 residents homeless in Barangay 27 in this highly-urbanized city, Mayor Greg Gasataya is asking the national government for assistance in resolving the property’s ownership status. In a press briefing on Monday, Sept. 15,...
Bacolod City Rep. Albee Benitez provided P2.3 million in financial assistance to more than 200 families affected by a fire in Barangay 27 on Friday, Sept. 12. Benitez on Saturday, Sept. 13, turned over P10,000 each for 217 affected families, P5,000 for 26 renters, and P3,000 for 13 sharers....
BACOLOD CITY – A total of 212 families or 855 individuals lost their homes in a fire in Purok Cheriza, Barangay 27, this city, on Friday midnight, Sept. 12. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Bacolod said that 216 houses were destroyed – 180 totally and 36 partially. Fire Supt. Jenny Mae...
Two people were injured and 51 houses were affected when two fires broke out in Taguig City on Sept. 11. The Taguig City Fire Station reported that a fire hit a residential area at Block 1, Sitio Pusawan, Barangay Ususan at about 1:14 p.m. The blaze started from a one-story house and spread to...
The Philippine Navy (PN) successfully carried out its first-ever aerial launch of a Spike Non-Line of Sight (NLOS) missile during a live-fire unilateral exercise in waters facing the West Philippine Sea (WPS) on Tuesday, Sept 9. PN Acting Flag Officer in Command Rear Adm. Alan Javier witnessed the...
A fire broke out in a residential area at Sitio Mabilog, Barangay Culiat in Quezon City on Tuesday night, September 9. According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the fire was raised to 1st alarm at 7:32 p.m. and escalated to 2nd alarm at 7:48 p.m. The blaze was raised to 3rd alarm at...
Authorities are looking into faulty electrical wiring as the cause of the fire that hit a factory of a wood lumber supplier in San Mateo, Rizal early Saturday, Sept. 6. The San Mateo Municipal Police Station (San Mateo MPS) said that the incident was reported to them at around 3:45 a.m.,...
