TACLOBAN CITY – The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Region 8 (Eastern Visayas) said Wednesday, July 6, that seven trainees have been taken to the hospital for acute kidney injury. Fire Chief Supt. Rodolfo Denaga, BFP-Region 8 director, disclosed that aside from muscle pain, they initially...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Sec. Benjamin ‘Benhur’ Abalos vowed on Wednesday, July 6, to rid the department and its attached agency with rogue personnel after receiving complaints of the promotion for a fee scam at the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP). He was reacting...
SIX stores were gutted in a fire that hit the Ilagan City public market Wednesday, June 22. CITY OF ILAGAN, Isabela – A fire gutted six stores selling various goods in Building 3 of the public market here Wednesday, June 22. An unattended electric fan allegedly caused the fire that started...
The newly-created Philippine Public Safety Academy (PPSA) has welcomed the first batch of cadets who will be trained as future firemen and jail officers. Speaking at the PPSA inauguration and the launching of the Pilot Batch Class of 2024, the DILG Secretary Eduardo Año said the new academy is...
A fire burned down 25 houses in Barangay Sucat, Muntinlupa on May 8. According to the Muntinlupa City Fire Station, the fire started from the second floor of a three-story residential structure in Sitio Aplaya, Purok 6 in Sucat at 1:27 a.m. Firefighters putting out the fire in Sucat, Muntinlupa on...
A fire hit the Uptown Mall in Bonifacio Global City (BGC) in Taguig for the second time in less than a month. According to the Taguig City Fire Station, the fire hit the Kidzoona indoor playland on the third floor of Uptown Mall, located at the corner of 36th St. and 9th Avenue in BGC, shortly...
A total of 8,823 Philippine National Police (PNP) and Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) uniformed men were deployed in areas hit by tropical depression to assist in the search, rescue and retrieval operations, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo M. Año confirmed...
Two persons were injured when a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tank exploded in a townhouse unit in Pateros on April 17. The Bureau of Fire Protection-Pateros posted that the gas explosion was reported at about 8:45 a.m. in SRI Compound, Bagong Calsada in Barangay Martirez del 96, Pateros. A man...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año congratulated Wednesday, April 13, the 93 lawyers of the department and its attached agencies who passed the 2020-2021 bar examinations. “To our new lawyers, I laud you for your diligence despite the difficulties and...
One person died and another was injured during a fire that broke out at a residential area on Recto Avenue, Quiapo, Manila on Friday morning, April 8. According to the report of the Bureau of Fire Protection Public Information Office (BFP NCR PIO), the victim was identified as Mary Castillo, 70....
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) lauded on Wednesday, April 6, the Ayala Group of Companies (AC) for recognizing the contribution and sacrifices of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) through its “Saludo sa Serbisyo (Salute to the Service’’ program which seeks to...
Two fires hit residential areas in Muntinlupa and Taguig on April 2. According to the Muntinlupa City Fire Station, two houses were razed by fire at Block 53 in Soldiers Hills Village, Barangay Putatan, Muntinlupa at 8:42 p.m. The first alarm was raised at 8:42 p.m. and the fire was put out at...
