A fire hit a house where recyclable materials were stored in Sampaloc, Manila on Friday, Feb. 17. According to the initial report of the Bureau of Fire and Protection (BFP), the fire started at 6 a.m. on Friday morning in a house on Mindanao St., Balic-Balic, Sampaloc, Manila. It reached the first...
An early morning fire hit a residential area in Barangay Poblacion, Muntinlupa on Friday, Feb. 17. According to the Muntinlupa City Fire Station, the fire razed houses at No. 209 Bukal Street at about 6:01 a.m. The Muntinlupa Department of Disaster Resilience and Management posted that time of call...
BACOLOD CITY – A fire of unknown cause struck a residential area at Purok Magtiayon, Barangay 10 here before noon on Thursday, Feb. 16, and gutted at least 31 houses. Photo via Glazyl Masculino / MANILA BULLETIN Arson investigators have yet to determine the cause of the fire that left an...
A fire gutted a truck and three buildings in Caloocan City on Wednesday, Feb. 15. The Bureau of Fire Protection said the fire, which was reported on Maligaya Street, Barangay 177, was raised to first alarm at 1:14 p.m. and was declared under control at around 1:43 p.m. It was extinguished at around...
Following a fire incident that killed a University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) student on Feb. 9, new UP President Angelo A. Jimenez formed a task force to "review and take immediate and long-term actions" on students' accommodations within all UP campuses. Courtesy of the University of the...
BACOLOD CITY – A fire hit two commercial buildings on Luzuriaga St., Barangay 37, here on Sunday, Feb. 12. FIREMEN battle a fire that hit two commercial buildings on Luzuriaga St., Barangay 37, Bacolod City on Sunday, Feb. 12. (Photo courtesy of BFP-Bacolod) Chief Insp. Rodel Legaspi, city...
Around 300 families were displaced by a fire that razed more or less 100 houses at Block 32 Extension in Barangay Addition Hills, Mandaluyong City on Sunday morning, Feb. 12. Arnold Quizol / MANILA BULLETIN The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) raised the fire to the first alarm at 6: 55 a.m., then...
A fire which gutted the Araneta Center bus terminal in Cubao, Quezon City reignited on Friday, Feb. 10, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) disclosed. Photo: MANILA BULLETIN Fire investigators said it was "normal" for the blaze to rekindle considering the magnitude of the incident that occurred...
A man was injured in a fire that hit an industrial area at Primo Rivera St. corner Yague St., Brgy. Tejeros in Makati City Friday afternoon, Feb. 10. According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the fire started at 4:25 p.m. and reached the third alarm at 4:39 p.m. Firefighters extinguished...
The fire that razed a bus terminal on Time Square St., Araneta City, Barangay Socorro, Quezon City on Thursday, Feb. 9, causing around P245,000,000 damage to property reignited on Friday afternoon, Feb. 10, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) reported. The BFP said that the rekindled fire started...
Around 10 houses were razed by a fire in Alvarez corner Natividad Streets in Barangay 316, Santa Cruz, Manila on Friday morning, Feb. 10. According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the fire was raised to the first alarm at 7:18 a.m. and to the second alarm at 7:24 a.m. The fire was put under...
A forest fire approaches the town of Chiguayante, in the province of Concepcion, Chile, early on February 9, 2023. Forecasts of persistent high temperatures and strong winds bode ill Wednesday, February 8, 2023, for drought-stricken Chile as dozens of forest fires -- several of them deadly --...
