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Four people hurt, BFP says (Eagle News) — At least six people died in a fire that hit a residential area in Manila on Thursday, December 29. According to the Bureau of Fire Protection, at least four people were also hurt in the blaze that broke out at 2:34 a.m. on Arlegui Street in Quiapo. The cause of the fire has yet to be determined. The fire was put out at 8:10 a.m. At least […]
(Eagle News) — A blaze hit a part of the Manila Metropolitan Theater on Friday, June 17. In a statement on Facebook, the theater management said the fire started in a room on the first floor of the Padre Burgos Wing. The wing, it said, is so far under renovation. The fire did not spread to other parts of the complex and was declared out past 9 a.m., the management said. According to the theater […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Guillermo Eleazar has ordered the Manila Police District to conduct an inventory of all the pieces of evidence and important documents in the Crime Lab that was hit by fire on Thursday, Nov. 4. “Mahalagang matiyak na walang mga importanteng ebidensya, dokumento o records ang naapektuhan ng sunog,” Eleazar said. According to the PNP chief, the Crime Lab in any police unit was an “evidence custodian ,” and was […]
(Eagle News)–Five people died in a fire in Manila on Saturday evening. The fire in the Parola Compound reached the first alarm at 11:53 p.m. The blaze reached the fourth alarm at 1:49 a.m. on Sunday, and was declared under control at 5:04 a.m. It was put out at 6:11 a.m. Authorities are probing the cause of the incident.
(Eagle News)–A fire hit a residential area in Manila on Wednesday, April 15, displacing around 40 families. The Bureau of Fire Protection said the fire, which struck at 9:32 a.m. in Delpan, also caused P100,000 in damage to property. The cause of the fire has yet to be determined. The blaze, which reached the third alarm, was placed under control about an hour later.
(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)-A fire hit a residential area in Pandacan, Manila on Saturday, Dec. 28. The Manila fire department said the blaze on Balagtas St.in began at 9:59 a.m. The Manila Public Information Office said in a Tweet that the blaze has so far reached the fifth alarm. Firefighters are currently in the scene to put out the fire.
(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)–One person was hurt after a fire hit a residential building in Manila early Saturday, March 2. Authorities said Johnson Ong was hurt in the blaze that hit the building at the corner of Craig Street and España Boulevard in Sampaloc before 5 a.m. The blaze only reached the first alarm. It was put out at 4:45 a.m. Authorities are still investigating the cause of the blaze.
(Eagle News) — One person was killed after a fire hit a building in Manila on Thursday, Jan. 17. Authorities have yet to identify the victim, who was found in a bathroom in the residential-commercial building in Sta. Cruz, Manila that caught fire at 9:52 a.m. The blaze reached the second alarm. A fire-out was declared at 10:50 a.m. The cause of the fire has yet to be determined.
