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By Earlo Bringas Eagle News Service A fire gutted a residential area in Quezon City early Thursday, destroying P500,000 worth of property, and leaving more than 100 families homeless. Witnesses said the blaze began around 2 a.m. at a junkshop on Commonwealth Ave. in Barangay Old Balara. Arson investigators said, however, that the origin of the fire was the house of one Alfredo Montemayor. “Ang initial natin, as reported, nagsimula sa second floor ng bahay […]
(Eagle News) — Three more presidential appointees are being investigated at the behest of President Rodrigo Duterte and could be fired next. In an interview over CNN Philippines, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said he knows of “at least three complaints” received by the Office of the President. “He never ignores these complaints,” he said. He said before the President makes a move though, “he does his research and he always appoints an entity to investigate.” […]
(Eagle News) — The fire that hit a mall in Cebu has been declared under control. Firefighters said that the blaze that hit the Ayala Metro Mall was placed under control past noon on Sunday. It has been almost two days since the fire started at the stockroom of the toy department. The fire started at 9:30 p.m. on Friday. There were no reported injuries so far.
(Eagle News)– The management of Metro Ayala said on Saturday that the fire that hit Metro Ayala Mall in Cebu started in a stockroom. In a brief statement, mall authorities said smoke was first seen in that room of the toys department. Firefighters are trying to put out the fire that began past 9 p.m. on Friday and has reached the Task Force Alpha. The mall management said the Metro Ayala Emergency Brigade Team and […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — The death toll from a fire that ripped through an apartment building in New York’s Bronx district last week has risen to 13, after a 27-year-old man died of his injuries, police said Thursday. The latest victim was identified as Holt Francis. Three other members of his family — wife Karen and their two young daughters — were already confirmed dead in the December 28 blaze, the deadliest […]
(Eagle News) — The house of singer-songwriter Freddie Aguilar was hit by fire late Tuesday night. A radio report from DZBB said the house in Barangay North Fairview, Quezon City started at 11:06 p.m. The fire reportedly started in Aguilar’s music room, but firemen have yet to determine how it started in the first place. The blaze–which reached the first alarm—was put out at 11:39 p.m. No one was reported injured, even if Aguilar’s wife, Jovie, […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — A fire destroyed a building and injured 23 people in New York on Tuesday, just days after the city’s deadliest inferno in a quarter of a century. The blaze broke out in The Bronx, the same northern borough where last week’s fire claimed 12 lives. “Our units arrived and were immediately faced with heavy fire. Numerous people were brought out of the building by the firefighters on scene,” said New York […]
(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte had wanted to axe a government official on the first day of 2018. “E sabi ko, ‘Huwag naman po, Mr. President. Pabayaan muna natin mag-happy new year ‘yung sisibakin,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in an interview over dzbb on Monday. Roque did not say who the official was but said he was “top-level.” Roque said the announcement would be made on January 3 instead. “Pagdating doon sa laban sa […]
by Thomas Urbain © Agence France-Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — A three-year-old boy playing with stove burners accidentally ignited the fire that ripped through a New York apartment building, killing 12 people including four children, the city’s fire department chief said Friday. The blaze broke out Thursday evening in a 25-apartment building near the Bronx Zoo, one of the most popular tourist attractions in the US financial capital. Four people remain in a critical condition […]
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — Fire tore through a Mumbai building where a rooftop party was being held early Friday, killing at least 15 people and leaving many injured, police said. The blaze started just after midnight in a top floor restaurant in the center of the city and quickly spread to two adjacent bars, destroying the entire building in 30 minutes, media reports said. Most of those who died were women at a […]
by Jennie Matthew Agence France Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — A fire tore through a Bronx apartment building on Thursday, killing at least 12 people, including a toddler, and leaving four others fighting for their lives in New York’s deadliest blaze in decades. The fire broke out around 6:51pm (2351 GMT) in a 25-apartment building near the Bronx Zoo, one of the most popular tourist attractions in the US financial capital. A one-year-old […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — A fire broke out at London Zoo early on Saturday morning, engulfing a cafe and shop near an animal petting area, and leaving one aardvark missing. Several staff were treated for smoke inhalation and shock following the blaze, which broke out in the Animal Adventure section shortly after 6:00 am (0600 GMT), the zoo said. “Duty staff that live on site at the zoo were on the scene immediately, and started moving animals […]
