SAN MATEO, Isabela – A bedridden 97-year-old woman was charred to death in a fire that hit her house in Purok 3, Barangay Sinamar Norte, this town, on Sunday, January 7. A 97-year-old woman died in a fire in San Mateo, Isabela, on Sunday, January 7. (Photo via Liezle Basa-Inigo) Police...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A total of 263 families lost their homes in a fire that razed more than 200 houses in Barangay Tugbungan, this city, on Wednesday, December 27. Zamboanga District Fire Marshall Supt. Christopher Morales said estimated damage to property has reached P1.5 million. FIREMEN...
BACOLOD CITY – Thirty-nine families or 117 individuals lost their homes in fire in a residential area on Mabini-Luzuriaga St., Purok Paghidaet, Barangay 29, this city, on Tuesday, December 26. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Bacolod said that seven houses were destroyed and six...
CEBU CITY – Two brothers with special needs died in a fire that hit their house in Barangay Poblacion, Sibonga town, southern Cebu, on Tuesday, December 26. Brothers Kyle Geronimo, 25, and Fernando Geronimo Jr., 26, were sleeping in their room when the fire broke out around 1:50 a.m. Police...
BACOLOD CITY – An amputee died in a fire in Purok 2, Barangay Asia, Hinoba-an, Negros Occidental on Christmas Day. Police withheld the name of the 39-year-old victim. The victim and his 34-year-old stepson had a drinking session to celebrate the Yuletide season. His stepson went home for dinner...
SAN PABLO CITY, Laguna – A woman died in a fire that destroyed her house on Paulino St., Barangay VII-D, this city, on Christmas Day. The Bureau of Fire Protection-San Pablo City identified the victim as Rowena. A WOMAN died in a fire that hit her house on Christmas Day in San Pablo City, Laguna....
BACOLOD CITY – A fire razed six houses in Purok Bolinao, Barangay 1 here on Saturday, December 23. FIREMEN battle a blaze in a residential fire in Barangay 1, Bacolod City on Saturday, December 23. (Photo courtesy of Chamber Volunteer Fire Brigade) According to the Bureau of Fire Protection...
ILOILO CITY – Three people died in an early morning fire in Molo District here on Saturday, December 16. An initial report from the Iloilo City Operations Center said the victims were found inside the house of Kagawad (councilor) Nestor Jetano of Barangay Habog-Habog Salvacion. THREE people...
BACOLOD CITY – Three temporary warehouses were razed by fire, causing P14-million worth of damage to property, in Upper East Megaworld, Barangay 41, this city, on Wednesday, December 13. THE Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) cordons the area where three makeshift warehouses were razed by a fire in...
CEBU CITY – More than 1,350 families were displaced in a fire that hit Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu on Tuesday, December 12. A FIRE hits Barangay Pusok, Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu on Tuesday, December 12. (Contributed photo by Nagiel Bañacia) Around 600 houses were razed in the fire that fire broke out...
DAVAO CITY – A massive two-hour fire hit this city on Tuesday, November 14. FIREMEN map out a plan to contain a fire in Barangay Tomas Monteverde in Davao City on November 14. (BFP-Region 11 FB) Two-hundred thirty-five houses were destroyed in Barangay Tomas Monteverde in Agdao...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Forty families lost their homes in a fire in a residential area in Upper Calarian here on Tuesday, November 14. RESIDENTS check what remained of their homes following a fire in Zamboanga City on Tuesday. (Photo via Liza Jocson) The Bureau of Fire Protection said the...