Several houses were destroyed in a fire that hit a residential area on Yabut Street in Barangay Guadalupe Nuevo, Makati City on Monday night, Dec. 29. According to TXTFIRE Philippines, the blaze has reached the second alarm at around 8:19 p.m. and the third alarm at around 8:28 p.m. Firefighters...
BACOLOD CITY – Twenty-two families lost their homes in a fire on Bonifacio St., Barangay 3, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Friday, Dec. 26. Fire Officer 1 Jesrel Gersalia, arson investigator of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Kabankalan, said that 11 houses were totally destroyed, and...
Three persons were injured and around 100 houses were destroyed in a fire that broke out in a residential area in Pasay City on Saturday afternoon, Dec. 27. The Pasay City Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said about 200 families were affected when the fire happened at around 2:16 p.m. along Virginia...
A fire has hit a residential area in Barangay Addition Hills, Mandaluyong City on Saturday night, Dec. 27, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) reported. According to the BFP, the fire started at around 6:26 p.m. and has reached the second alarm at around 6:33 p.m. The third alarm was raised at 7:14...
TACLOBAN CITY – A 34-year-old woman and her two daughters died in a fire in Barangay District 1, Babatngon town, Leyte province, before dawn on Saturday, Dec. 27. Arson investigators said the victim was sleeping with her 13-year-old and eight-year-old daughters inside their house when the fire...
Marikina City Vice Mayor Del de Guzman said around 31 families lost their homes a day after Christmas, after a fire broke out in a residential area in Barangay Nangka, Marikina City on Friday night, Dec. 26. According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the fire started at 6:44 p.m. at 32...
A fire broke out in a residential area in Barangay Nangka, Marikina City on Friday night, Dec. 26 The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said the fire was raised to first alarm at 6:45 p.m. and escalated to a second alarm at 6:58 p.m. Firefighters are now working to extinguish the blaze. This is a...
A total of ten families were left homeless after a fire hit several houses along Bataan corner Mindanao Street in Sampaloc, Manila, early Friday morning, Dec. 26. According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the fire started at around 3:23 a.m. and was extinguished at around 4 a.m. Manila Fire...
MAUBAN, Quezon – Ten houses were destroyed in a four-hour fire in Barangay Sadsaran here on Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 23. Police and firefighters responded to the fire at 1:30 p.m. It was put out at about 4 p.m. Residents assisted firefighters through a bucket brigade. The fire spread rapidly as...
JONES, Isabela – The remains of Maryan Pascual Esteban, the lone Filipino fatality in the fire that broke out in Tai Po, Hong Kong on Nov. 26, was brought home to Barangay Santa Isabel, this town, on Sunday. The airplane carrying Esteban’s remains touched down on the runway of the Tuguegarao...
BACOLOD CITY – Twenty families or 50 individuals lost their homes in a fire in coastal Purok Tahong, Barangay 2 here on Friday morning, Dec. 19. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Bacolod reported that the fire began at 2:12 a.m. and originated from a rental property. The fire that destroyed 26...
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kongers offered flowers and bowed outside a funeral parlor on Friday to pay tribute to a firefighter who was among the 160 people killed by the city 's deadliest fire in decades. Ho Wai-ho lost his life battling the massive blaze that engulfed seven buildings of a...
