Tag: fifth alarm

UPDATED: At least five injured, 300 families affected in QC fire

  By Earlo Bringas Eagle News Service At least five people were  injured in a fire that hit a residential area in Quezon City on Wednesday, May 23, and destroyed property worth P500,000. An on-scene spot report said Francis Francisco, 28, was injured in the fire that first hit the third floor of the house owned by Rodney Pedregosa on Asparagus St., Palanas, Barangay Vasra, at 5:05 p.m. Also injured in the fire that hit […]

At least three dead in massive Honolulu high-rise fire

  By Alfred Acenas and Ron Hamilton EBC Hawaii Bureau HONOLULU, Hawaii (Eagle News) —At least three people were killed after a massive fire hit a high-rise in Honolulu on Friday, July 14. Honolulu Fire Department Chief Manuel P. Neves confirmed that three individuals were found on the 26th floor of the Marco Polo, one of Honolulu’s largest condominium buildings, also a familiar landmark just outside Waikiki. This was after the structure was hit by a […]