Three people died, while three others, including two children, were injured in a fire that broke out at a residential area in Barangay Concepcion Uno, Marikina City, on Thursday morning, March 6. Screengrab from 032 Bumbero/Facebook As of 10:45 a.m., the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said the...
An aerial photo shows an extensive forest fire, which started last Wednesday, in Ofunato, Iwate prefecture, northern Japan, Monday, March 3, 2025. (Kyodo News via AP) TOKYO (AP) — Japan is fighting a forest fire that has damaged dozens of homes and forced hundreds of residents to...
CEBU CITY – Four fires broke out here a day after the Bureau of Fire Protection-Central Visayas (BFP-7) began the observance of Fire Prevention Month. A FIREFIGHTER douses flames in a simulation exercise during the start of Fire Prevention Month in Cebu City on Saturday, March 1. (MyTVCebu) The...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Bureau of Fire Protection-9 kicked off Fire Prevention Month in the Zamboanga Peninsula on Sunday, March 2, with a series of activities in a mall here. OFFICERS salute during the Philippine national anthem as Fire Prevention Month in the Zamboanga Peninsula kicked off of...
CEBU CITY – Fifty houses were destroyed in a fire in Barangay Lahug here on Thursday night, Feb. 27. FIFTY houses were destroyed by a fire in Barangay Lahug, Cebu City on Thursday night, Feb. 28. (Calvin D. Cordova) Firefighters from the cities of Mandaue, Lapu-Lapu, and Talisay responded to the...
Unlike the traditional parade celebration, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) will forge an agreement with the Home Development Mutual Fund (HDMF) or Pag-IBIG Fund that provides its personnel further affordable, easy and convenient access to housing programs to mark the Fire Prevention Month...
BACOLOD CITY – An 87-year-old man perished in a fire that destroyed his house in Pantalan-daan, Barangay 1, Hinigaran, Negros Occidental past midnight on Wednesday, Feb. 26. An 87-year-old man was killed and two others, including his live-in partner, were injured in a fire in Barangay 1,...
BACOLOD CITY – The 70-year-old ancestral home of former Mayor now Councilor Richard Jaojoco in Purok Malinawon, Barangay Poblacion, Toboso, Negros Occidental was destroyed by a fire on Friday, Feb. 21. THE ancestral home of former Mayor now Councilor Richard Jaojoco was destroyed in a fire...
TAYUG, Pangasinan – Three minors were killed in a fire that gutted their house in Barangay Magallanes here on Tuesday morning, Feb. 25. Police identified the victims as Jeniel, 6; James, 4, and Jennila, 3. Investigation said their father Raymart left them and locked...
A fire broke out at a commercial building on Soler corner Florentino Torres, Sta. Cruz, Manila on Friday night, Feb. 21. Photo from Sampaloc Fire Volunteer Brigade Inc. Manpa The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said the fire started at 7:38 p.m. and escalated to the second alarm at 7:59 p.m. BFP...
(File photo) A fire struck the office of the Philippine National Police's (PNP) Forensic Group at Camp Crame in Quezon City on Thursday afternoon, Feb. 20. PNP spokesperson Col. Randulf Tuano said the blaze started at the firearms or ballistic testing area of the said office around 5:30 p.m. ...
DAVAO CITY – The Bureau of Fire Protection here has recorded 99 fire incidents from Jan. 1 to Feb. 19. Fire District Intelligence and Investigation Section head Fire Senior Insp. Shaira Borja said the number is 29 fewer than the 128 recorded in the first two months of 2024. Borja said fire...
