LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Bicol recorded a 26 percent increase in fire incidents in the first two months this year. BFP-BICOL office (FB) Senior Insp. Edgar R. Tañajura Jr., chief of the Public Information Unit (PIU) of BFP-Bicol, said they recorded 119...
BACOLOD CITY – A 15-year-old boy died in a fire that razed four houses in Hacienda Josefa Una, Barangay Blumentritt, Murcia, Negros Occidental before dawn on Saturday, February 17. Arson probers withheld the name of the fatality, a Grade 10 student. A 15-year-old boy was killed in a fire that...
The fire stations in EMBO (enlisted men’s barrio) barangays, which are now part of Taguig, were reopened after Senator Alan Peter Cayetano’s tirade against the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP). In a Facebook Live video on Jan. 5 , Cayetano, the husband of Taguig Mayor Lani Cayetano, lambasted...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Western Visayas activated its ninth fire sub-station here on Monday, December 18. THE Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Western Visayas activates the Alijis fire sub-station in Bacolod City on Monday, December 18. (Photo courtesy of BFP-Bacolod)...
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...
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...
Operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) have arrested a 29-year old employee of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) for allegedly promising a slot to become an officer in the agency in exchange for a huge sum of money. CIDG director Maj. Gen. Romeo Caramat, Jr. said the...
DAVAO CITY – A fire hit a popular supermarket here on Thursday night, October 5. Some P150,000 worth of goods were destroyed in the blaze at the fresh section of the NCCC Supermarket Main Magsaysay. Senior Fire Officer 4 Ramil Gillado, Davao City Fire District spokesperson, said that the...
BACOLOD CITY – Four houses were destroyed in a fire that hit a residential area on Neptune St., Purok Paho, Fuentebella, Barangay Taculing here on Tuesday, September 26. Three houses were totally damaged while another was partially damaged, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said. Damage to...
BACOLOD CITY – Sixty-six families or 331 individuals were displaced by a fire that hit a residential area in Purok Tangkong, 6th St., Barangay 7, this city, on Saturday, September 9. RESIDENTS affected by a fire in Barangay 7, Bacolod City, on Saturday, September 9, are temporarily sheltered at...
CALAMBA CITY, Laguna – A student died in a fire that razed his house in Laguna Buenavista Executive Homes, Barangay Barandal, this city, on Monday, August 28. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Calamba identified the victim as Louie Antipuesto. A housemate of the victim told arson investigators...
A fire razed a two-story house in Taguig on Aug. 24. According to the Taguig City Fire Department, the fire happened at Block 90 Lot 11, Sagingan St., Purok 6 in Barangay Upper Bicutan at about 8:32 p.m. A fire truck of the Taguig City Fire Station (Photo from BFP Taguig's Facebook...
