Senator Risa Hontiveros on Friday, April 24 renewed her push for a legislative inquiry into the state of the country’s existing solid waste management framework in light of the fire that broke out at a landfill in Navotas last April 10. Hontiveros said it is imperative for the Senate to conduct...
Metro Manila 's air quality has improved as emissions from the Navotas City landfill fire ease amid ongoing containment and suppression efforts, with Bulacan seeing similar gains. The Environmental Management Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-EMB) reported...
The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) has done daily monitoring of satellite data since the Navotas landfill fire reportedly broke out on April 10, 2026. As of April 23, the Bureau of Fire Protection has reported “smoldering conditions” onsite and satellite data show that air quality in Metro...
A fire struck a junk shop warehouse in Barangay San Bartolome, Novaliches, Quezon City at 1:05 a.m. on Friday, April 24. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said the fire broke out in the area near the entrance of Pascualer Village Homeowners Association in the said barangay. The incident was...
Air quality in Metro Manila has yet to return to pre-fire levels nearly two weeks after the blaze at the Navotas Sanitary Landfill, with satellite monitoring showing nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) levels still higher than those recorded before the fire as of Thursday, April 23, the Philippine Space...
Two fires ripped through residential areas in Taquig City and Muntinlupa City on Wednesday, April 22, gutting five houses and displacing nine families, authorities reported. In Taguig, flames razed three houses in Barangay New Lower Bicutan, affecting five families. The Taguig City Fire Station...
The Navotas City government reported major progress in battling the old landfill fire, with intensified soil-smothering operations driving down fire spots and signaling stronger control of the blaze. Mayor John Rey Tiangco said soil covering has reached about 27 percent, or 8.13 hectares of the...
An off-duty police officer from the Angadanan Police Station in Isabela was feted for responding to a fire that destroyed a vehicle inside a gas station in Barangay Alibagu, Ilagan City, Isabela, on Monday, April 20. Police Master Sgt. Kennedy Tungpalan and his wife were on their way home from the...
BACOLOD CITY – This highly-urbanized city is providing assistance for 80 families or 240 individuals displaced by a fire in Purok Ramon, Magsaysay, Barangay 14 here on Tuesday, April 21. Fire Officer 2 Rolin Paulan, chief arson investigator of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Bacolod, said the...
The Valenzuela City government rushed a mobile shower and toilet unit, a water filtration unit, and ambulances to Obando, Bulacan to aid 150 families displaced by the Navotas Sanitary Landfill fire. Mayor Weslie “Wes” Gatchalian said the initiative reflects the city’s swift coordination and...
BACOLOD CITY – Thirty-two houses were destroyed in a fire in Purok Ramon, Magsaysay, Barangay 14 here on Tuesday, April 21. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Bacolod received a fire call at 3:14 p.m. Fire Supt. Jenny Mae Masip, city fire marshal, in a media interview, said the fire was raised...
A 54-year-old woman who had been relocated to the Obando, Bulacan evacuation center because of foul smoke from the burned sanitary landfill in Navotas died on Monday, April 20, after experiencing severe breathing difficulties. According to the Obando Municipal Health Office (MHO), she was rushed...
