BACOLOD CITY – Three persons were injured in a fire that destroyed 11 houses in Purok Amor, Lopez Jaena St., Barangay Villamonte here Wednesday, Aug. 31. THE Bureau of Fire Protection puts out a fire in Barangay Villamonte, Bacolod City, Wednesday, Aug. 31. (Photo courtesy of BFP-Bacolod)...
A fire hit a famous two-storey restaurant along Tomas Morato Ave, Barangay Sacred Heart in Quezon City twice on Wednesday morning, Aug. 31. According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) Public Information Office, the fire first started at around 4:32 a.m. at Annabel's restaurant and was...
STOCKHOLD, Sweden -- A large rescue operation was under way off the Swedish coast on Monday where a car ferry with 300 people on board was on fire, Swedish maritime authorities said. "There is a fire on the car deck," Swedish Maritime Administration spokesman Jonas Franzen told AFP, adding that...
No member data records were affected by the fire that hit Social Security System (SSS)'s Main Office Building in East Avenue, Quezon City on Sunday morning, Aug. 28. (SSS Main Office / File Photo) In a statement, SSS also assured its members, pensioners, and the general public that there is no...
A fire broke out at the main building of the Social Security System (SSS) along East Avenue, Brgy. Pinyahan, Quezon City early Sunday morning, Aug. 28. The Bureau of Fire Protection -National Capital Region (BFP-NCR) Public Information Office said the fire was raised to first alarm at around 2:05...
All the passengers and crew members aboard the roll-on/roll off passenger ship that caught fire off an anchorage area in Batangas have been accounted for, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) declared on Saturday, August 27. (Courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard) As of 12:40 p.m., the PCG said all 85...
Search and rescue (SAR) personnel were working round-the-clock to find two passengers who remained unaccounted for after a roll-on/roll-off passenger ship caught fire off an anchorage area in Batangas on Friday afternoon, August 26. (Courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard) Joint teams from the...
A roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro) passenger vessel carrying 82 crew members and passengers caught fire off an anchorage area in Batangas on Friday afternoon, August 26. (Courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard) (Courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard) Commodore Armand Balilo, spokesperson of the Philippine Coast...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil -- The number of forest fires in the Brazilian Amazon hit a nearly 15-year high this week, according to official figures that provided the latest warning on the advancing destruction of the world's biggest rainforest. This file photo taken on October 01, 2019 shows a fire...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) dispatched its volunteers and staff to respond to a residential fire on E. Rodriguez Street in Brgy. 144, Pasay City on Wednesday night, Aug. 24. (PHILIPPINE RED CROSS) A fire truck, ambulance, and food truck were also sent to the area as per PRC Chairman and Chief...
BALANGA CITY, Bataan (PNA) – A fire hit a multi-million peso poultry farm in an upland barangay here Saturday afternoon, Aug. 20, killing 50,000 chickens and leaving an estimated damage of more than P37 million. Elvira Tamayo, owner of the poultry farm in Barangay Upper Tuyo, said Sunday, Aug....
TACLOBAN CITY – A woman and her son died in a fire that hit their house in Purok Dahlia, Barangay Cogon, Ormoc City before dawn Sunday, August 21. The victims were identified as Belen and Lyndon Mendoza. The fire which started at around 2:26 a.m. also affected the houses of siblings Marilyn and...
