ZAMBOANGA CITY – A fire of still unknown origin razed two wooden vessels here on Thursday, Jan. 8. Three people were treated for burns and smoke inhalation. The two vessels were totally razed in the fire that started at 7:46 p.m. Strong winds caused the fire to spread rapidly and engulfed both...
Personnel from the Valenzuela City Police Station (VCPS) and the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)–Valenzuela rescued a 16-year-old boy who was found in distress on the roof deck of a mall in Barangay Bignay on Wednesday, Jan. 7. Authorities said the minor, a Valenzuela City resident, climbed onto...
BACOLOD CITY – Fire incidents in this highly urbanized city decreased by 31.5 percent, from 295 in 2024 to only 202 in the past year, data from the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Bacolod City Fire Station on Wednesday showed. Fire Officer 2 Paul Servano, public information officer of...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Bureau of Fire Protection logged 536 fires here in 2025. Senior Fire Officer 3 Garry Fernandez, BFP-Zamboanga City Intelligence and Investigation chief, said 149 were categorized as structural and 387 were non-structural. Damage to property was placed at P80,883,250....
DAVAO CITY – The Bureau of Fire Protection is still conducting investigation on the fire that damaged the upper level of Gaisano Grand Citygate Mall here on Jan. 2. Almost a week after the P48-million fire, Davao City Fire District (DFCD) spokesperson Fire Senior Insp. Frances Marie Sendrijas...
DAVAO CITY – The Bureau of Fire Protection is conducting a deeper probe on the cause of the blaze that razed the entire third floor of Gaisano Grand Citygate Mall in Buhangin District on Friday, Jan. 2. Initial investigation showed that the fire started on the department store of the three-story...
BACOLOD CITY – Seven families lost their homes in two fires here on New Year 's Day, Jan. 1. The first blaze was reported in Purok Christian, Barangay Bata, at 12:19 a.m., damaging three houses and affecting six families and 10 individuals. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Bacolod...
TABUK CITY, Kalinga – Three minors were injured in a fire that gutted stalls selling firecrackers at the Bulanao Public Market here on New Year’s Eve. Police Capt. Ruff Manganip, Kalinga police information officer, identified the victims as a five-year-old girl, a 10-year-old girl, and a...
BACOLOD CITY – Three persons were injured in a fire in Purok Riverside, Barangay Banago, this city, on New Year 's Eve. Fire Insp. Jemarie Tapiru, deputy city fire marshal, said the fire originated from a hardware store at 8:35 a.m. The fire immediately spread to neighboring structures,...
BACOLOD CITY – Nine families or 23 individuals lost their homes in a fire on Rizal Day in Barangay 31 here. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Bacolod said the fire was reported at 5:33 p.m. and it allegedly originated from the house of a certain Eda. Six houses were totally damaged and one...
Several houses were destroyed in a fire that hit a residential area on Yabut Street in Barangay Guadalupe Nuevo, Makati City on Monday night, Dec. 29. According to TXTFIRE Philippines, the blaze has reached the second alarm at around 8:19 p.m. and the third alarm at around 8:28 p.m. Firefighters...
BACOLOD CITY – Twenty-two families lost their homes in a fire on Bonifacio St., Barangay 3, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Friday, Dec. 26. Fire Officer 1 Jesrel Gersalia, arson investigator of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Kabankalan, said that 11 houses were totally destroyed, and...
