More than 90 families were homeless in a fire that reached third alarm at Bitik Medina Extension, General T. De Leon, Valenzuela City on Saturday, Jan. 14. According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the first alarm was declared at 12:16 p.m. The blaze was placed under control at 1:15 p.m....
The San Juan City local government, together with other government agencies, distributed cash assistance and other aid to the victims of the fire that hit a residential area in Barangay Onse on Sunday, Jan. 8. San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora and city government officials led the distribution on...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) will dispatch over 300 volunteers, fire trucks, and ambulance teams starting Saturday, Jan. 7 to standby for the much anticipated "Walk of Faith" procession in Manila. Courtesy of Philippine Red Cross These volunteers will be positioned in four PRC first aid stations...
BACOLOD CITY – A total of 336 cases of fire incidents were recorded in 2022, slightly higher than the previous year wherein 333 cases of fire incidents were recorded, a report from the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Bacolod said. January has the highest number of fire incidents with 53; followed...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) provided hot meals and psychological first aid (PFA) to children affected by the fire in Navotas City on New Year’s Eve. (Photo from Philippine Red Cross) Volunteers from PRC went back to Barangay NBBN in Navotas City to serve hot meals and provide PFA to 338...
TACLOBAN CITY -- A 14-year-old boy died while another one was injured in a fire that gutted their house in Barangay Capoocan, Calbayog City, on Wednesday, Jan. 4. The fatality was a student of the Calbayog City National High School while the injured was identified as Michael Montes. Initial...
By Diann Calucin A total of 50 fire victims have been transferred to new temporary shelters in C4 Road, Brgy. Tañong, Malabon City on Tuesday, Jan. 2. The victims were the residents affected by the fire that gutted homes on Mabolo Street in Barangay Maysilo, Malabon City, last Dec. 22 and were...
(Photo from Philippine Red Cross) The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) immediately responded to four fire incidents that occurred almost simultaneously in Metro Manila minutes after the country welcomed the first hours of 2023. After its Operations Center received the reports, the PRC deployed its...
The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) has recorded a decline in the incidents of fire from Dec. 24, 2022 to Jan. 1 this year. The figure is 44 percent lower compared to the same Dec. 24, 2021 to Jan. 1 2022 period, according to BFP spokesperson Supt. Analee Atienza. A total of 89 fire incidents were...
A warehouse in Quezon City and a residential area in Valenzuela City were gutted by fire early morning on New Year's Day, Jan. 1. According to the Quezon City Fire District (QCFD), the fire that hit a furniture warehouse in Barangay Payatas was raised to first alarm at around 12:48 a.m. and to...
Two emergency medical teams and six firefighting volunteers were dispatched by the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) in a fire that broke out in Navotas City fish port on New Year's Eve. Courtesy of Philippine Red Cross PRC said that the volunteers and medical teams were from its Malabon and Caloocan City...
By DIANN IVY CALUCIN Three people were injured in a fire that broke out in a cold storage room at Navotas Fisheries Port Complex (NFPC), Brgy. North Bay Boulevard North, Navotas City on Saturday, Dec. 31. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) identified the injured victims as Jay-ar Perez, 33,...
