A 15-year-old boy died after re-entering his home to retrieve belongings during a fire that swept through East Riverside Street in Barangay Paltok, Quezon City, on Thursday morning, May 14. The blaze escalated to fourth alarm and trapped him inside. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said in...
Three female family members, including a pregnant woman and a nine-year-old child, died in a fire that struck a residential area in Barangay Tangos South, Navotas City on Thursday, May 14. According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the fatalities were a 45-year-old mother, her 20-year-old...
The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) warned the public, specifically business establishment owners, to be on the lookout for lurking unscrupulous groups claiming to be legitimate fire safety inspectors. In order not to be tricked, the BFP sadvised the public to look for the inspection order with...
A 52-year-old man died from smoke inhalation while helping extinguish a fire that gutted his brother’s house in Barangay Pasong Putik, Quezon City, early Wednesday, May 13. He was rushed to a hospital by the Barangay Health Emergency Response Team (BHERT) but was declared dead on arrival due to...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A specialized unit of the Bureau of Fire Protection contained a toxic chemical leak in a government hospital here on Sunday, May 10. Medical personnel inside the Zamboanga City Medical Center (ZCMC) laboratory detected a toxic chemical leak which they later identified as...
Eight workers were safely evacuated after a fire, reportedly caused by an overheated electric fan, broke out past midnight on Monday, May 11, inside a junk shop barracks in Barangay Gulod, Novaliches, Quezon City. Initial investigation by the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) showed that a...
About 60 families, consisting of around 180 individuals, were displaced after a fire broke out in a residential area in Parañaque City on Sunday afternoon, May 10. According to SFO3 Giovanni Corbes, arson investigator of the Parañaque Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the fire started at around...
A fire ripped through a residential community in Quezon City early Saturday, May 9, displacing around 100 families after quickly escalating to second alarm in Barangay Bagong Pag-asa. The Bureau of Fire Protection–Quezon City said the fire broke out at 5:50 a.m. near Jetti along Road 3, Mindanao...
A blaze ripped through a Paranaque City neighborhood in Barangay San Antonio Valley 1 late Wednesday night, May 6, injuring three people and displacing 1,800 residents. According to SFO3 Giovanni Corbes, arson investigator of the Parañaque Bureau of Fire Protection, one of the injured victims...
Two separate fires struck residential areas in Taguig City on Wednesday, May 6, killing three people, injuring eight others, and displacing 45 families. The Taguig City Fire Station said t he first blaze erupted at about 4:30 p.m. at a residential area on M.L. Quezon Street along C6 Road in...
A blaze ripped through a Parañaque City neighborhood in Barangay San Antonio Valley 1 late Wednesday night, May 6, engulfing homes and forcing nearly 1,800 residents to flee as firefighters battled the flames until dawn. According to SFO3 Giovanni Corbes, arson investigator of the Parañaque...
A pre-dawn fire swept through a row of commercial establishments along Holy Spirit Drive in Barangay Holy Spirit, Quezon City on Thursday, May 7, rapidly escalating and reaching second alarm. Initial investigation by the Bureau of Fire Protection–National Capital Region (BFP-NCR) showed the fire...
