(File photo) Nine fire incidents were recorded by the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) in the National Capital Region (NCR) on the very first day of 2025, an official disclosed. BFP spokesperson Fire Senior Supt. Annalee Carbajal-Atienza said one was already confirmed while details on eight other...
CEBU CITY – Tragedy struck just as the year was about to end after two fatal fire incidents broke out in separate areas in Cebu province. AUTHORITIES inspect a house razed by fire in Bogo City, northern Cebu on Sunday afternoon, Dec. 29. (Photo from MyTVCebu) In Tabogon town, a mother and her...
ITOGON, Benguet – An 84-year-old man was killed in a fire that razed his house in Sitio Bay-o, Barangay Tuding, this town, before dawn on Thursday, Dec. 26. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Itogon identified the victim as Felino Balalong Sr. Investigation said that the victim was cooking...
A fire that broke out at the boundary of Imus City and Kawit left 120 families homeless (Photo from Mayor Alex Advincula's Facebook page/MANILA BULLETIN) CAVITE – A fire gutted a residential area at the boundary of Imus City and Kawit on Monday, Dec. 23. The Bureau of Fire Protection...
BRP Sindangan (MRRV-4407) trains her hose to MV Hynz 31 which caught fire in Manila Bay on Dec. 19, 2024. (Photo: PCG) An investigation was launched by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) to determine the cause of the fire that razed a dredger while in the vicinity waters of Manila Bay on Thursday,...
BACOLOD CITY – A fire razed 31 stalls inside the Bacolod Central Market on Bonifacio St., Barangay 12, this city, on Friday the 13th. FIRE Supt. Jenny Mae Masip, Bacolod fire marshal, shows to Mayor Albee Benitez a portion of the Bacolod Central Market in Barangay 12 razed by a fire on Friday,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Three family members died in a fire which gutted their house and store in Isabela City, Basilan at dawn on Monday, Dec. 9. A FIRE killed three family members in Basilan on Monday, Dec. 9. (Contributed photo by Ely Dumaboc) The victims were identified as Hji Hadjira...
BACOLOD CITY – A five-year-old boy was killed in a fire that hit a portion of a three-hectare sugarcane plantation in Sitio Mambato, Barangay Tu-oy, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, Nov. 26. Fire Officer 1 Michael Bernardo, Himamaylan City Fire Station investigator, said that...
TACLOBAN CITY - At least 22 families were left homeless in a fire on Tuesday morning in Barangay 80, Marasbaras here. FIREMEN combat a blaze in Tacloban City on Tuesday. The blaze reportedly started from the house of a 68-year-old woman. It rapidly engulfed several structures,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A 70-year-old man was killed and 15 families were left homeless by a fire in Barangay Tumaga here on Thursday night, Nov. 14. A FIRE hit Barangay Tumaga, Zamboanga City on Nov. 14. An elderly man was killed and 15 families were left homeless. Arson investigators said the...
Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa is pushing to remove the P1-billion cap in the Bureau of Fire Protection's (BFP) utilization of revenues from the Fire Code of the Philippines. During the Senate plenary deliberations on the 2025 national budget, Dela Rosa said that the special provision on the...
BACOLOD CITY – A retired teacher was killed in a fire on her 84th birth anniversary in Purok 4, Barangay Aguisan, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Sunday night, Nov. 10. A RETIRED teacher perished in a fire on her 84th birth anniversary in Barangay Aguisan, Himamaylan City, Negros...
