By ANTONIO L. COLINA IV DAVAO CITY – Two persons were killed and one was injured in a fire in Purok 2, Barangay 2-A, this city, on Saturday night, July 13. A FIRE hit Purok 2 in Barangay 2-A, Davao City on Saturday night, July 13. One-hundred fifty houses were destroyed and 203 families...
BACOLOD CITY – A 35-year-old man allegedly set his family’s house on fire following a misunderstanding with his stepbrother in Sitio Relocation 1, Barangay Bantayanon, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Monday, July 8. Fire Officer 1 Manuel Ardo, arson investigator of the Calatrava Municipal Fire...
At least 47 families were affected when a fire hit a residential area in Barangay Poblacion, Muntinlupa on July 8. According to the Muntinlupa City Fire Station, the fire started at about 2:20 p.m. from a house in Phase 4 on Biazon Road of the Southville 3 housing project. The first...
TACLOBAN CITY – A fire hit the camp of the 78th Infantry Battalion in Barangay Lalawigan, Borongan City, Eastern Samar on Sunday, July 7. Brig. Gen. Noel Vestuir, commander of the 802nd Infantry Brigade, stated that faulty wiring caused the fire. No injuries were reported as most of...
ILOILO CITY – Three siblings died in a fire that destroyed their house in Barangay Dalsuan, Maasin town, Iloilo province on Wednesday night, July 3. THREE siblings died in a fire in Maasin town, Iloilo province on July 3. (Contributed photo by Renato Atok Mandate) The Bureau of Fire...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Mayor John Dalipe has suspended the business permit of Next Step Fireworks Shop on Monday, July 1, after a powerful blast ripped through its warehouse and killed five people here on Saturday, June 29. READ:...
ILOILO CITY – Ten houses were damaged in a fire on Sunday afternoon, June 30, in Barangay Maria Cristina in Jaro District. A FIRE damaged 10 houses in Iloilo City on Sunday, June 30. (MORE Power) The Iloilo City Social Welfare and Development Office said that nine out of 10 houses were...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Five persons were killed and 21 others were injured in an explosion in a firecracker warehouse here on Saturday, June 29. FIVE persons were killed in a firecracker warehouse explosion in Zamboanga City on June 29. (Photo via Liza Jocson) The loud explosion rocked...
CEBU CITY – An official of the Cebu City Fire Station (CCFS) was arrested for allegedly extorting money from an applicant. BFP-7 headquarters in Cebu City. (FB) The National Bureau of Investigation-Central Visayas (NBI-7) arrested Fire Insp. Roy Mat Castro in an entrapment operation inside...
Two houses were damaged by a fire on Meralco Road, Purok 2, Barangay Sucat in Muntinlupa on June 26. According to the Muntinlupa City Fire Station, the fire started at 6:21 p.m. from the kitchen of a house in the barangay. The fire in Barangay Sucat, Muntinlupa on June 26 (Screenshots...
BACOLOD CITY – Eleven houses were destroyed in a fire in Purok Roadside, Barangay Tangub here on Wednesday, June 26. A FIRE razed 11 houses in Barangay Tangub, Bacolod City on Wednesday, June 26. (Photo courtesy of BFP-Bacolod) Fire Supt. Jenny Mae Masip, city fire marshal, said that...
BACOLOD CITY – Thirty-four families were displaced by a fire in Purok Magtiayon, Barangay 10, this city, before midnight on Tuesday, June 25. A FIRE strikes a residential area in Bacolod City on Tuesday night. (Photo courtesy of Chamber Volunteer Fire Brigade) Fire Supt. Jenny Mae...