A fire hit the ABS-CBN compound along Sgt. Esguerra Avenue, Brgy. South Triangle, in Quezon City on Tuesday, Sept. 6. The Bureau of Fire Protection said the fire was raised to first alarm at around 8:30 a.m. It was extinguished at around 8:39 a.m. In a DZBB report, Barangay South Triangle officials...
Around 50 houses were destroyed in a fire that hit a residential area along Sitio Pajo, Brgy. Baesa, in Quezon City on Monday, Sept. 5. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said the fire started at around 9:56 a.m. The Quezon City Fire District (QCFD) said the fire was declared under control at...
ILIGAN CITY – Classes resumed Thursday, Sept. 1, one day after a fire destroyed the 101-year-old Gabaldon building of the Lala Proper Integrated School in Barangay Lala Proper, Lala, Lanao del Norte before dawn Wednesday, Aug. 31. CLASSES resume outside the burned Gabaldon building of the Lala...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (PNA) – A centennial school building in Lala, Lanao del Norte was razed to the ground in a pre-dawn fire Wednesday, Aug. 31, destroying some P19.7-million worth of properties. Senior Fire Officer 2 Jessie Cabigon, lead investigator of the Bureau of Fire Protection-Lala Fire...
BACOLOD CITY – Three persons were injured in a fire that destroyed 11 houses in Purok Amor, Lopez Jaena St., Barangay Villamonte here Wednesday, Aug. 31. THE Bureau of Fire Protection puts out a fire in Barangay Villamonte, Bacolod City, Wednesday, Aug. 31. (Photo courtesy of BFP-Bacolod)...
A fire hit a famous two-storey restaurant along Tomas Morato Ave, Barangay Sacred Heart in Quezon City twice on Wednesday morning, Aug. 31. According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) Public Information Office, the fire first started at around 4:32 a.m. at Annabel's restaurant and was...
STOCKHOLD, Sweden -- A large rescue operation was under way off the Swedish coast on Monday where a car ferry with 300 people on board was on fire, Swedish maritime authorities said. "There is a fire on the car deck," Swedish Maritime Administration spokesman Jonas Franzen told AFP, adding that...
No member data records were affected by the fire that hit Social Security System (SSS)'s Main Office Building in East Avenue, Quezon City on Sunday morning, Aug. 28. (SSS Main Office / File Photo) In a statement, SSS also assured its members, pensioners, and the general public that there is no...
A fire broke out at the main building of the Social Security System (SSS) along East Avenue, Brgy. Pinyahan, Quezon City early Sunday morning, Aug. 28. The Bureau of Fire Protection -National Capital Region (BFP-NCR) Public Information Office said the fire was raised to first alarm at around 2:05...
All the passengers and crew members aboard the roll-on/roll off passenger ship that caught fire off an anchorage area in Batangas have been accounted for, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) declared on Saturday, August 27. (Courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard) As of 12:40 p.m., the PCG said all 85...
Search and rescue (SAR) personnel were working round-the-clock to find two passengers who remained unaccounted for after a roll-on/roll-off passenger ship caught fire off an anchorage area in Batangas on Friday afternoon, August 26. (Courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard) Joint teams from the...
A roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro) passenger vessel carrying 82 crew members and passengers caught fire off an anchorage area in Batangas on Friday afternoon, August 26. (Courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard) (Courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard) Commodore Armand Balilo, spokesperson of the Philippine Coast...