ZAMBOANGA CITY – An improvised explosive device (IED) exploded at the gate of the Lamitan City Hall in Lamitan town, Basilan on Monday, June 20. Lamitan city hall building. (Lamitan Tourism Office photo) The explosion was heard at 6:40 p.m. A police report said one of two male suspects on...
TACLOBAN CITY – A driver and his assistant cheated death after their wing van loaded with 700 Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) tanks crashed and caught fire in Barangay San Vicente, Bontoc, Southern Leyte, last Saturday, June 11. Reports reaching the Police Regional Office (PRO)-8 headquarters...
Residents in Sorsogon province were told to prepare for possible evacuation by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) as a phreatic eruption occurred at Mt. Bulusan on Sunday morning, June 5. A phreatic explosion occured at Mt. Bulusan in Sorsogon province on June 5,...
By Bonita Ermac and Liza Abubakar-Jocson ILIGAN CITY – Brigadier General Leonel M. Nicolas, commander of the Philippine Army’s 102nd Brigade, confirmed that an explosion had transpired in a house at Purok Malipayon in Barangay Diplo, Kumalarang, Zamboanga Del Sur at around 12:30 p.m. on Friday,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Isabela City police were able to find closed circuit television (CCTV) footage showing a person of interest who may have been behind the explosions at the parking lot of a fastfood chain and a bus terminal on Monday, May 30, in Isabela City, Basilan. The suspect in the...
Five persons were hurt when an alcohol tank placed near a house suddenly exploded and triggered a fire on Baker Street in Barangay Batasan Hills, Quezon City on Tuesday afternoon, May 3. The Quezon City Fire District (QCFD) said that the victims, who are volunteers of an organization distributing...
ABUJA, Nigeria -- Over 100 people have been killed following an explosion at an illegal oil refinery in Nigeria's southern state of Imo, official and local sources said on Saturday. The explosion occurred late Friday at the illegal oil refinery in Egbema local government area, a boundary area...
Two persons were injured when a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tank exploded in a townhouse unit in Pateros on April 17. The Bureau of Fire Protection-Pateros posted that the gas explosion was reported at about 8:45 a.m. in SRI Compound, Bagong Calsada in Barangay Martirez del 96, Pateros. A man...
A cargo vessel suddenly exploded and caught fire in the vicinity waters of Talisay City, Cebu on Easter Sunday, April 17, killing one person and injuring three others. Courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard M/v General Romulo, a container ship and domestic vessel, caught fire while anchored at sea in...
A street sweeper was hurt when a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tank exploded inside a restaurant in Barangay Vasra, Quezon City on Monday, March 28. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) Quezon City Fire District said that the victim, Sophia Rafa, 47, from Barangay Culiat, Quezon City, sustained...
An explosion hit a passenger bus in Aleozan, Cotabato on Tuesday morning, Jan. 11, injuring seven individuals including four minors, the military said. An explosion rocks a passenger bus in Aleosan, Cotabato on Jan. 11, 2022. Seven individuals were injured, including a five-month-old child who was...
A vaulted water tank at a Water District in Pangulang Street in Barangay Bagumbayan Warehouse Facility in Bulakan exploded on Saturday, Jan. 8, discharging debris that killed an operator, injured seven individuals, and destroyed nearby houses. Police identified the fatality as Ryan Wenceslao...
