Two fires hit Cebu City, 2 hours apart

Paul Lauro and Morexette Marie Erram 03/06/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — At least two fire incidents broke out in Cebu City on Sunday, March 6. The first was reported in Salinas Drive, Barangay Lahug, Cebu City at past 3 p.m. on Sunday. The flames…

30 houses razed in Cebu City dawn fire

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 02/04/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A total of 30 houses were razed in a fire that hit Sitio Lapuk, Lower Calili, C. Padilla Street in Cebu City on Friday dawn, February 4, 2022. Fire Officer (FO2) Emerson Arceo,…

Second fire in 3 days in Brgy. Sta. Cruz displaces 100 individuals

Morexette Marie B. Erram, Paul Lauro 09/02/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — At least 100 individuals lost their homes after another fire erupted in a residential area in Brgy. Sta. Cruz on Thursday, September 2. Fire investigators said a total of 16 houses were burned…

2 remain missing in Arlington Pond fire that killed 5 others

Morexette Marie B. Erram, Paul Lauro 09/01/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Two persons remained missing after a fire hit a residential area in Barangay Sta. Cruz, Cebu City on Tuesday afternoon, August 31. Based on the latest report from the Cebu City Fire Office,…

5 persons including 3 children perish in Arlington Pond fire

Paul Lauro, Pegeen Maisie Sararana 08/31/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — At least five people died in the fire that hit Arlington Pond, Brgy. Sta. Cruz, Cebu City on Tuesday afternoon, August 31. Fire Officer 2 Fulbert Navarro confirmed that they found five bodies…

Village chief appeals to Mambaling residents: Help 344 fire victims

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 03/15/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The barangay captain of Mambaling is appealing to kindhearted individuals in the barangay, who could spare some clothes and food for 344 fire victims, whose houses were razed during this early morning fire,…

1 dead, 1 injured in pension house fire

Morexette Marie B. Erram, Paul Lauro 01/16/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A man died while a woman was injured in an early afternoon fire which also damaged portions of a building along Junquera Street in downtown Cebu City on Saturday afternoon, January 16. Fire…

Punta Princesa residents lose homes to fire just 3 days before Christmas

Paul Lauro 12/22/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — At least 12 families or an estimated 60 individuals may spend their Christmas on the cold pavement of evacuation centers after a fire gutted their homes at 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, December 22,…

Cebu City Fire gets new aerial ladder, air rescue cushion

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/07/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Fire Department received a new aerial ladder and an inflatable safety air rescue cushion  that can be used to respond to fire incidents in the high rise districts of the…

Around P100k worth of properties lost in Punta dawn fire

Morexette Marie Erram, Paul Lauro 11/27/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Around P100,000 worth of properties and belongings were lost in a dawn fire that broke out in a residential area in Barangay Punta Princesa here on Friday, November 27, 2020.  The Cebu City…

Cebu City Fire Department looking into fire that razed UP Cebu canteen

Alven Marie Timtim 06/02/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Fire Department is investigating the fire that burned down the canteen of the University of the Philippines Cebu on Monday dawn, June 2, 2020. According to Senior Fire Officer 3…

Close to 3K individuals displaced in Suba fire

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/27/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The fire that broke out in Sitio Sto. Niño in Barangay Suba in Cebu City displaced close to 3,000 individuals.  Latest data from Suba Barangay Hall showed that the fire last Wednesday evening, February 26,…

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