A 74-year-old man died in a fire that razed his home in Sitio Mekdew, Barangay Pinayag, Kayapa, Nueva Vizcaya on Sunday, March 22. Police said the victim was a Person with Disability (PWD). His wife, also a senior citizen, survived the fire. Police received the report about the fire on March 23 due...
A 40-year-old farmer was arrested by the police for inadvertently causing a grass fire that destroyed a garage containing 12 vehicles in Barangay Pinugay, Baras, Rizal, on March 22. According to the Baras Municipal Police Station, the suspect, identified as alias "Dennis," was reportedly setting...
A multi-role response vessel of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) caught fire early morning on Monday, March 23, after a suspected electrical problem in its laundry room. The fire onboard BRP Cape Engaño (MRRV-4411) while it was docked under the Coast Guard District (CGD) Palawan in Puerto Princesa...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean rescue workers on Saturday recovered the remains of 14 people from the charred wreckage of an auto parts factory in the central city of Daejeon, where an explosion and fire injured at least 59 others. Fire officials said 25 people were seriously injured but...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A fire at an auto parts factory in South Korea 's central city of Daejeon injured at least 53 people on Friday as officials warned the the number of those hurt could rise. Nam Deuk-woo, fire chief of the city’s Daedeok district, said 24 of those people were...
CAVITE – A fire broke out in a building near the San Roque Church in P. Burgos Ave. in Cavite City, injuring a senior citizen on Thursday, March 19. The Cavite City Bureau of Fire Protection (Cavite City BFP) told the Manila Bulletin that the building houses both commercial establishments and...
HONG KONG (AP) — An independent committee investigating the cause of Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades on Thursday heard that a series of failures contributed to the blaze 's burning seven buildings and killing 168 people as it opened its first hearing on the evidence. Former...
Fire safety and financial preparedness were highlighted during a media briefing held March 5 at Happy Garden Cafe in Makati City, where Palawan Group of Companies introduced its ProtekTODO Fire 99 microinsurance product as part of activities marking Fire Prevention Month. Through its microinsurance...
Two separate fire incidents occurred on Sunday, March 15, damaging several vehicles, including buses parked in a garage in Antipolo City, and around 40 houses in Cainta, Rizal. In Antipolo, a vehicular fire broke out in a garage along Sumulong Highway in Barangay Mayamot at around 1:08 p.m. The...
TACLOBAN CITY – Two Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) were killed in a fire that gutted their house on Saturday, March 14, in Barangay Linao, Ormoc City, Leyte. The victims were identified as Lino, a 90-year-old widower, and Jojo, 48. The fire that reached the first alarm started 5 p.m. and...
The Philippine Army (PA) successfully repelled a simulated enemy assault during a littoral defense live-fire exercise in Burgos, Pangasinan on Monday, March 9, as part of the ongoing Combined Arms Training Exercise (CATEX) “Katihan”. Lt. Gen. Antonio Nafarrete, Army chief, said the drill...
LONDON (AP) — A major fire in the heart of Glasgow crippled Scottish train services Monday as firefighters worked to douse the blaze that destroyed a four-story building next to Scotland 's busiest railway station. Glasgow Central Station was closed and all travel to, from and through the...
