ZAMBOANGA CITY (PNA) – Search operations continue off an island in Basilan and nearby areas as 23 passengers of the ill-fated M/V Mary Joy 3 remain missing, officials said Tuesday, April 4. Nixon Alonzo, Basilan Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office chief, said they managed to...
Citing the many unanswered questions about the tragedy, Basilan lone district Rep. Mujiv Hataman says he will call for a House inquiry on the deadly fire that struck MV Lady Mary Joy 3. Hataman, a deputy minority leader, said on Tuesday, April 4 that he intends to file a resolution to this effect...
A woman was reportedly injured after a fire gutted five houses in Barangay Commonwealth, Quezon City on Monday night, April 3. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) identified the victim as Joan Revistual, 40, who sustained minor burns on her right arm during the incident. The fire on Riverside...
An air-conditioning unit that was left running caused a fire at a school in Muntinlupa on April 4. According to the Muntinlupa City Fire Station, the fire started at about 5:45 a.m. from an air-conditioning unit in a classroom at the Muntinlupa Cosmopolitan School along National Road in...
BAGUIO CITY – This city recorded 45 fire incidents in the first quarter of this year. The Baguio City Fire Department under the Bureau of Fire Protection said 15 structural fires, seven vehicle fires, 11 grass fires, nine forest fires, two garbage fires, and one electrical post fire were logged...
Search, rescue, and retrieval (SRR) operations were ongoing to find the 24 persons who remained unaccounted for when a fire struck passenger-cargo vessel MV Lady Mary Joy 3 while sailing off Baluk-Baluk Island in Hadji Muhtamad, Basilan last March 30. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said Sunday,...
A fire hit a restaurant at a popular hangout area in Muntinlupa on April 1. According to the Muntinlupa City Fire Station, the fire hit the Torch Restaurant at the Molito Lifestyle Center in Barangay Ayala Alabang at about 10:24 p.m.  The Torch Restaurant at Molito Lifestyle Center...
ZAMBOANGA CITY (PNA) – The search and retrieval operations on the wreckage of the ill-fated M/V Lady Mary Joy 3 in the waters off Baluk-Baluk Island, Hadji Muhtamad, Basilan, ended on Saturday, April 1. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) and Basilan Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and...
CEBU CITY – The Cebu City Fire Office (CCFO) recorded at least 31 fire incidents last March, which is known as Fire Prevention Month. The number of fires last month was higher compared to the same period last year with only 26, although fire damage was significantly lower this year, said SFO3...
NAKHON NAYOK, Thailand -- Hundreds of Thai firefighters and soldiers battled a forest blaze less than 100 kilometres (60 miles) from Bangkok on Friday as the kingdom grapples with air pollution that has made more than 1.7 million people ill already this year. The fire has affected at least 800,000...
The Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) on Friday, March 31, ordered an investigation on all the vessels operated by Aleson Shipping Lines, Inc., the owner of MV Lady Mary Joy 3 which caught fire while transiting Basilan recently. The incident killed 29 people. Marina Administrator Hernani Fabia...
The number of people who perished due to a fire at passenger-cargo vessel MV Lady Mary Joy 3 reached 29 while search and rescue operations and coastal patrol continued in the vicinity waters off Basilan to find seven others who were still missing, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said Friday, March...
