The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) recently deployed its "Hot Meals on Wheels" food trucks providing ready-to-eat meals as well as first aid stations for victims of the fire that broke out in Cavite. (Photo from Philippine Red Cross / MANILA BULLETIN) PRC said that 464 individuals received meals and...
A fire officer was injured during a blaze that razed a house and townhouse units in Muntinlupa on Feb. 28. According to the Muntinlupa City Fire Station, the fire started at 3:35 p.m. at a house owned by Gabriel Ripoll Jr. on Yuchengco Drive in Pacific Malayan Village in Barangay Cupang,...
CAVITE CITY – A fire broke out in Barangay 10A Aplayang Munti, burning 150 houses early morning on Sunday (Feb. 27). Screenshot from Vice Mayor Denver Chua's Facebook live stream (Vice Mayor Denver Chua / MANILA BULLETIN) Cavite City Fire Station told the Manila Bulletin that the blaze was...
A fire razed three houses in Taguig City on Thursday night, Feb. 24. According to the Taguig City Fire Station, the fire started from a house owned by Tong Namla on Cagayan de Oro Street in Barangay Maharlika Village at around 7:13 p.m. The fire in Barangay Maharlika Village, Taguig on Feb. 24...
67811 BACOLOD CITY - A fire hit a residential area in Sitio Dakuta Dako, Barangay Mambulac, Silay City, Negros Occidental, gutted 31 houses, and displaced 191 persons on Tuesday, Feb. 22. Of the total number of houses, 29 were totally damaged while two others werepartially damaged, according to...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) announced on Monday, Feb. 21, the promotion of 65 Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) officials to the rank of Fire Senior Superintendent, which is equivalent to the full Colonel rank. DILG Secretary Eduardo Año in Department Order 2022-065...
By Khriscielle Yalao An elderly woman died while a child was injured in a fire that hit a commercial building at Kalayaan Avenue in Barangay Guadalupe Nuevo, Makati City on Sunday morning, Feb. 20. (Photo courtesy of Ruel Sebron Llauderes FB Live via Fire Alert Metro Manila FB Page / MANILA...
ATHENS, Greece – A fire broke out Friday on an Italian-flagged cruise ship sailing through the Mediterranean's Ionian Sea with 237 passengers and 51 crew on board, according to Greek port police. (bssnews.net) All passengers from the Euroferry Olympia, which was heading to Italy from the...
A six-year-old died and two others were hurt in a fire that broke out on Don Primitivo St. Don Antonio Heights, Brgy. Holy Spirit on Wednesday, Feb. 17. According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) Public Information office (PIO), the fire was raised to 1st alarm at around 9:10 a.m. (BFP-NCR...
One person suffered first degree burns when a fire hit a commercial establishment in Taguig on Tuesday, Feb. 15. According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Taguig, the fire started at a commercial establishment on Sampaloc Street corner Meralco Road in Purok 4-B, Lower Bicutan. Firefighters...
CAVITE CITY – The local government unit (LGU) here is appropriating P21 million to aid the victims of the massive fire that razed houses in four barangays on Saturday, Feb. 12. In a text message to Manila Bulletin on Feb. 14, Vice Mayor Denver Chua said each of the 700 families affected will...
A fire hit a residential area in Barangay Nangka, Marikina City, destroying 25 houses and displacing about 50 families or 375 individuals on Monday morning, Feb. 14. According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the fire on Balubad Street was raised to the first alarm at 10:38 a.m. and reached...
