Family of elderly couple, who died in Carreta fire, mulls filing arson case

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 05/11/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The family of the old couple, who died in the fire in Sitio Ponce 2, Barangay Carreta in Cebu City on Saturday early morning, May 11, said they would file charges of arson…

Tejero chief calls for help as burnt body of woman found in razed house

Zena V. Magto 04/27/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — An appeal for help, a state of calamity declared, and a death confirmed. This is what happened at past 4 p.m. in Barangay Tejero, a day after a fire razed 149 houses in…

P1M lost, 981 individuals displaced as fire in Tejero destroys 149 houses

Zena V. Magto and Benjie B. Talisic 04/26/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Some 921 individuals or 220 families were displaced by a late afternoon fire that razed 149 houses in Sitio Silangan, Barangay Tejero in Cebu City on Friday, April 26. Wesley Yñigo, operations head…

Scenes from the ‘biggest fire’ to hit Cebu City this April

04/26/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A fire hit Sitio Silangan, Barangay Tejero in the late afternoon of April 26. Senior Inspector Noel Ababon, Cebu City fire marshall, described the fire as the biggest fire that hit the city…

P1M lost as Tejero fire razes 80 houses, damages 10 others

Zena V. Magto and Benjie B. Talisic 04/26/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A late afternoon fire razed 80 houses and damaged 10 others in Sitio Silangan, Barangay Tejero in Cebu City on Friday, April 26. Fire Senior Inspector Noel Ababon, Cebu City fire marshall, described…

Early morning fire in Cebu City hotel greets Easter Sunday

Benjie B. Taisic 04/21/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — At least 200 guests of Elizabeth Hotel were awakened by an early morning fire on Easter Sunday, April 21, at the third floor of the of the 12-storey building in a room where…

Inayawan landfill fire razes 30 shanties

Benjie B. Talisic 02/18/2019

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — The late Sunday evening fire inside the Inayawan Sanitary landfill in Sitio White Road, Barangay Inayawan, Cebu City, which was declared fire out at dawn on Monday, February 18,  razed 30 shanties…

Cebu City fire chief to fire station chiefs: Intensify fire safety info drive

Delta Dyrecka C. Letigio 02/08/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Intensify the information dissemination on fire safety among the barangays. Cebu City Fire Marshall Noel Ababon said this as he expressed concern about the four succeeding fire incidents in six days from February…

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