Relatives of a victim of the Grand Diamond City hotel-casino fire in Poipet, Cambodia, mourn at a temple on the Thai side of the border in Aranyaprathet on December 30, 2022. Rescuers scoured the charred ruins of a Cambodian hotel and casino complex on December 30, warning they expected to find...
A 50-year-old father died in the latest fire incident that hit Iloilo City this holiday season. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Iloilo City identified the victim as Arvin Angkay of Barangay Quezon. Fire Officer 3 John Anthony Triveles said that Angkay was found lifeless outside a room of his...
POIPET, Cambodia - Rescuers scoured the charred ruins of a Cambodian hotel and casino complex Friday, warning they expected to find "many more" victims of a deadly fire that forced people to jump from windows. Hundreds of people are believed to have been inside the Grand Diamond City hotel-casino,...
CEBU CITY – Bohol Gov. Aris Aumentado celebrated his 45th birth anniversary on Thursday, Dec. 29, by distributing financial assistance to fire victims in Barangay Poblacion 2, Tagbilaran City. BOHOL Rep. Vanessa Aumentado (from left), Vice Gov. Victor Balite, Gov. Aris Aumentado, Tagbilaran City...
Six people died in a fire that hit a residential area in Quiapo, Manila on Thursday, Dec, 29, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said. In a report, the BFP said four people were also reported injured. Based on the report, the fire started at 2:34 a.m. and reached third alarm in around 15 minutes....
Rescue workers lower people to the ground as a fire rages at the Grand Diamond City hotel-casino in Poipet on December 29, 2022. As many as 10 people have died in a fire in a Cambodian hotel-casino on the border of Thailand, police said December 29. (STR / AFP) POIPET, Cambodia -- As many as 10...
Ten members of a clan of three families who were killed in a horrific fire in Muntinlupa before Christmas were laid to rest. On the morning of Dec. 18, a fire hit the Ladia home in Bruger Subdivision, Barangay Putatan, Muntinlupa. Ten members of the Ladia family perished in the fire. (From top)...
By DIANN IVY CALUCIN Six persons died while four others were hurt in a fire that gutted more than 50 houses and rendered 500 families homeless at 1003 Labor Compound, Arlegui Street in Quiapo, Manila, on Thursday, Dec. 29. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) identified the fatalities as Rul Daniel...
ILOILO CITY – The city government has reminded residents to be safe from fire this New Year after more than five fire incidents hit this city in less than a week. A FIRE hit Barangay Veterans Village in Iloilo City on Dec. 26. (Mentchie Rabe) “We are urging residents to follow fire safety...
Parañaque City 1st District Rep. Edwin Olivarez distributed financial assistance to 220 families who lost homes to a fire that occurred a day after the celebration of Christmas on Monday. The fire victims were temporarily staying at Palanyag gym in Barangay San Dionisio, Paranaque City. Olivarez...
The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) has recorded an increase in firecracker-related fire incidents this year. BFP spokesperson Supt. Annalee Carbajal-Atienza said that based on their monitoring, she said there were 19 cases of incidents related to firecrackers, explosions or fireworks this year...
ALLACAPAN, Cagayan – A 34-year-old father of two died in a fire that razed his home in Zone 4, Barangay Utan, here on Christmas Eve. A report from the Cagayan Provincial Police Office said the fire happened at 11 p.m. but was only reported to the police on Monday, Dec. 26. Case officer Staff Sgt....