TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – A fire hit the Saint Ferdinand Parish Church in Ilagan City, Isabela, on Monday, April 22. FIREMEN battle the blaze that hit a church in Ilagan City, Isabela on April 22. (Photo via Liezle Basa-Inigo) Initial investigation said Ariel Bulauan, 46, a tricycle driver...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – Damage caused by grass and forest fires in this province in the first quarter of this year has reached P10 million. Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Officer (PENRO) Victor Dabalos said that about 5,000 hectares were affected in the towns of Solsona, Piddig,...
A grass fire broke out in Barangay Villarey, Piat, Cagayan, on Monday night, April 15. A GRASS fire hits Piat, Cagayan on Monday night, April 15. (Screenshot via Liezle Inigo) People and motorists were advised to avoid the area near the grass fire which occurred amid the searing heat. The...
Therma South Inc. (TSI), a subsidiary of Aboitiz Power Corp., emerged champion in the industrial brigade category in the recent Davao City Fire District Fire Olympics. FIREFIGHTERS from Aboitiz Power Corp. subsidiary Therma South Inc. are all smiles after topping the industrial brigade category of...
BACOLOD CITY – A bedridden senior citizen was killed and her neighbor was injured in a fire in Sitio Garazon, Barangay San Jose, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental on Saturday night, April 13. A SEPTUAGENARIAN died in a fire in Barangay San Jose, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental on Saturday, April 13....
BACOLOD CITY – Forty-seven families composed of 144 individuals lost their homes in a fire in Purok Interior, Barangay 18, this city, on Saturday, April 13. A FIRE hits a residential area in Barangay 18, Bacolod City on Saturday, April 13. (Photo courtesy of BFP-Bacolod) The Bureau of Fire...
Three people were hurt, while 500 families were displaced after a fire gutted 300 houses inside the Manila International Container Port (MICT) in Purok 3, Isla Puting Bato in Tondo, Manila on Wednesday afternoon, April 10. Residents of Isla Puting Bato in Tondo, Manila go back to their burned...
CEBU CITY – Close to 200 families were rendered homeless in a fire that hit a highly populated area in Barangay Sambag 2 here on Monday afternoon, April 8. A FIRE hits Barangay Sambag 2, Cebu City on Monday afternoon, April 8. (Screenshot from Facebook live of Win Rañada Ramos) The fire...
CEBU CITY – A forest fire broke out in Oslob town, southern Cebu on Saturday night, April 6. FIREMEN put out a forest fire that broke out in Oslob town, southern Cebu on Saturday night, April 6. (Oslob DRRMO) Firefighters took several hours to put out the fire that hit the mountains of...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Bacolod reported 10 grass fire incidents here on Tuesday, April 2. SEVEN hectares of grassland were destroyed in a late afternoon fire in Barangay Banago, Bacolod City on Tuesday, April 2. (Photo courtesy of BFP-Bacolod) A total of nine hectares...
CEBU CITY – A slight increase in fire incidents was recorded in this year’s observance of Fire Prevention Month here last March. According to the Cebu City Fire Station, a total of 39 fire incidents were recorded in this city last month. There were 33 fire incidents here in March last year....
BACOLOD CITY – The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) here is implementing controlled burning of grasslands to manage grass fires in this city. Controlled burning was first enforced in the vicinity of Pope John Paul II Tower in Barangay 8 on Monday night. THE Bureau of Fire Protection...
