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BFP, city officials still probing how leak occured, inspect ice plant Eagle News Service reporter Mar Gabriel gives a view of the ice plant in Navotas City which is the site of the Feb. 3 ammonia leak accident that has killed two people. The Burea of Fire Protection and the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office of Navotas City inspected the site of the ammonia leat inside the T.P. Marcelo ice plant on Thursday […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Fire Protection will assist local health authorities in implementing the Oplan Kalinga program. This was after the Department of the Interior and Local Government gave the bureau the directive for them to help search for COVID-19 patients who are asymptomatic or with mild symptoms but who are not qualified to do home quarantine, and transport them to isolation facilities. Under the government’s new policy, COVID-19 patients in those categories […]
(Eagle News) — The country’s firefighters will be armed soon. This is according to Interior Secretary Eduardo Año, who issued a statement on Wednesday, Feb. 12. According to Año, the country’s 29,286 firefighters will receive 9 mm pistols, noting that the Bureau of Fire Protection already requested funds from the Department of Budget and Management. He said this was timely in practical, as the firefighters could “help ensure public safety, as a support to the […]
(Eagle News)–A fire struck Pandacan, Manila on Saturday, Feb. 1. The fire broke out past 10 a.m. and was still raging as of 1 p.m. The Manila Public Information Office said the blaze, which affected a San Miguel Corp. Warehouse, has now reached Task Force Bravo, according to information from the Manila Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office. The Manila Public Information Office said a portion of the ongoing Skyway-3 project collapsed due to the fire. […]
(Eagle News) — At least six people died after a fire hit a residential area in Manila on Thursday, Jan. 16. Authorities said the fatalities in the blaze that hit houses at the corner of Katamanan and Yuseco Streets in Tondo at 2:38 a.m. included a mother and her three children. The fire reached the third alarm and was put out at 7:14 a.m. Around 20 houses were reportedly destroyed.
(Eagle News) — At least seven people were hurt and around P180,000 worth of property was damaged after a fire hit a residential area in Caloocan City on Thursday, Nov. 14. A report identified the injured in the fire that struck Barangay 33 at 10:58 a.m. as Roberto Sison, 59; Carmelita Revilla, 79; Gloria Policarpio, 64; Rolando de Guzman; Wilfredo Benitez; Marilou Garcia, 50; and Elizar Tatasin, 40. Initial investigation showed the blaze started in […]
(Eagle News)–At least one person died while two others were hurt after a fire hit a residential area in Navotas on Friday, Oct. 18. Authorities identified the fatality in the fire that broke out in Barangay NBBN at 2:30 a.m. as James Bantasan, 24. The Bureau of Fire Protection has yet to determine the cause of the fire, but residents said they heard small explosions beforehand, while others said the blaze was deliberately started. The […]
(Eagle News)–At least three people were killed after a fire gutted a house in Quezon City early Friday, Oct. 11. Authorities have yet to identify the victims in the blaze that hit the two-storey house in Blue Ridge A Subdivision past 2 a.m. The fire reached the second alarm. It was put out past 3 a.m. Authorities are still investigating the cause of the fire.
(Eagle News)–The management of Star City on Sunday, Oct. 6, disputed the Bureau of Fire Protection’s finding arson was the only probable cause of the fire. In a statement, the amusement park management said in the first place, “we are not aware of any motive, including financial gain, that would induce the commission on arson specially on the part of Star City as the business is profitable and a bumper Christmas Season was expected.” Star […]
(Eagle News)–At least three people–including two minors–were killed after a fire hit a residential area in Tondo, Manila on Wednesday, Sept. 11. Authorities have yet to determine the cause of the fire that struck several houses at Honorio Lopez. The fire reached the second alarm. No other details were available so far.
(Eagle News)–Several vehicles caught fire at the Manila Traffic and Parking Bureau on Thursday, April 11. Authorities said the fire at the MTPB Impounding Extension Area on A. Mabini Street took place past 3 a.m. The cause of the fire, which was put out after a few minutes, has yet to be determined. Damage to property has also yet to be determined.
(Eagle News)–At least 33 families lost their homes after a fire believed to be intentionally started hit several houses and a motorshop in Caloocan on Friday, March 8. The Bureau of Fire Protection said some witnesses saw clothes soaked in gasoline in different parts of the Dela Cruz compound in Barangay 181, where the fire, which destroyed P500,000 worth of property, broke out past 1 a.m. Authorities believe the blaze started in the motor shop […]
