Fire engulfs India hospital ward killing 10 newborn babies

AP 11/17/2024

LUCKNOW, India — A fire tore through a neonatal intensive care unit in a hospital in northern India, killing 10 newborn babies and injuring 16 others, authorities said. The fire occurred late Friday at a hospital in…

Fire in Quiot, Cebu City razes 8 houses, displaces 45 individuals 

Paul Lauro 10/29/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — An unattended lighted mosquito coil may have caused the late morning fire this morning, October 29, that destroyed 8 houses, damaged 4 others and displaced 45 individuals in Germilina San Carlos Heights, Brgy.…

Lighted mosquito coil causes fire in Lapu-Lapu City

Futch Anthony Inso 10/06/2024

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu – A lighted mosquito coil was blamed for the Saturday morning fire that burned a home in Sitio Seaside Bridgeway, Brgy. Pajo in Lapu-Lapu City. Damages caused by the fire pegged at P720,000, according…

Bus fire in Thailand kills 23, mostly children

10/02/2024

Bangkok, Thailand—A devastating fire on a Thai school bus killed at least 23 people, police said Tuesday, October 1, 2024, after rescuers pulled children’s bodies from the charred wreckage of the vehicle. The inferno engulfed the bus on…

Couple, 8-year-old daughter killed in Bulacan fire

Carmela Reyes-Estrope 09/17/2024

BULAKAN, Bulacan — A family of three died when their house was engulfed in flames, which also destroyed three nearby business stalls in this town early Monday morning on Sept. 16. Reports received by the Bulacan Provincial…

80-year-old grandma dies in Lapu-Lapu City fire

Futch Anthony Inso 09/16/2024

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — An 80-year-old grandmother died in a fire that hit Purok Balanghoy, Barangay Gun-ob in Lapu-Lapu City at around 2 p.m. on Monday, September 16, 2024. According to Marlyn Macachor, the victim’s daughter, her…

Carmen fire: 20 families displaced, P8.4M worth of properties lost

Emmariel Ares and Paul Lauro 09/07/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A total of 20 families lost their homes while P8.4 million worth of properties were destroyed in a fire that broke out in Sitio Pasil, Brgy. Cogon East in Carmen town in northern…

Cebu City apartment fire: P1.2M worth of properties lost

Emmariel Ares 09/07/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Properties worth at least P1.2 million were lost after an apartment in Brgy. Lahug, Cebu City caught on fire on Saturday morning, September 7. Senior Fire Officer 2 (SFO2) Wendell Villanueva, information officer…

Cebu City warehouse fire: P6M worth of properties destroyed

Emmariel Ares and Paul Lauro 08/29/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A warehouse in Brgy. Ermita, Cebu City that was used to store products such as sacks of flour and bottles of ketchup was engulfed in flames on early Thursday morning, August 29. The…

Dad dies days after kids perish in Bohol fire 

Marielle Surigao 08/21/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A 54-year-old dad died after sustaining severe burns on his body when he attempted to save his children from a fire that burned their house in Purok 1, Barangay Manga, Tagbilaran City, Bohol.…

Labangon fire razes P1.3M properties, displaces 81 families

by Paul Lauro, Marielle Surigao 08/17/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Properties worth P1.3 million were destroyed in a fire that broke out in a residential area in Bugnay 2, Sitio Lutaw-Lutaw in Brgy. Labangon, Cebu City on Saturday morning, August 17. The fire also…

Parcels burned as truck catches fire in Mandaue City

Mary Rose Sagarino, Paul Lauro 08/15/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Over P350,000 worth of packages and parcels from an e-commerce site were burned after a fire hit the truck that was carrying them in Mandaue City on Wednesday, August 14, 2024. Firefighters in…

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