Welding sparks fire at Mandaue City Hall during Christmas decor work

Mary Rose Sagarino 11/21/2024

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines – A fire broke out on the side wall of the right wing of the Mandaue City Hall on Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 20. The fire was caused by a spark from welding work being…

4-month-old baby dies in fire in Tagbilaran

Futch Anthony Inso 02/25/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines- A four-month-old baby tragically died in a fire in Barangay Ubujan, Tagbilaran City, Bohol on Saturday noon, February 24, 2024. SFO1 Irvin Bongalos, an investigator from the Tagbilaran City Fire Station, confirmed the incident.…

Guadalupe fire leaves 60 families homeless

Paul Lauro, Wenilyn B. Sabalo 01/20/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A total of 60 families, or 180 individuals, were left homeless after their homes in Sambag 4, Brgy. Guadalupe, Cebu City, were engulfed by a fire that lasted for about an hour on…

Fire guts CCSC stockroom; P6M worth of properties lost

Pegeen Maisie Sararana 11/18/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Some P6 million worth of properties were lost after a morning fire hit a stockroom of the Cebu City Sports Center (CCSC) in Barangay Sambag 1 in Cebu City on Friday, Nov. 18.…

Calamba dawn fire razes 4 houses

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 07/29/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A fire broke out early Friday, July 29, 2022, burning down at least four houses in Barangay Calamba, Cebu City. Fire Officer (FO3) Emerson Arceo of the Cebu City Fire Office said that they…

P1.8M lost in Thursday morning fire

Wenilyn B. Sabalo and Paul Lauro 06/23/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — About P1.8 million worth of properties were lost in a fire that struck two establishments in Barangay T. Padilla, Cebu City, Thursday morning, June 23, 2022. According to the initial report of SFO1…

P11M lost in Cebu City resort fire

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 06/19/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines –Fire investigators continue to look into the cause of the fie that badly damaged a resort that is located in Sitio Fatima, Barangay Basak Pardo in Cebu City. The fire that affected Cebu Wetland…

Reblocking, van housing, MRB planned for Punta fire victims

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/14/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The 827 families affected in the recent fire of five sitios in Barangay Punta Princessa will experience massive changes in the coming weeks. Primarily, victims will have to stay in the evacuation center…

BFP-7 : Fire incidents in Central Visayas up by 21%

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 06/03/2022

CEBU CITY — The Bureau of Fire Protection in Central Visayas (BFP-7) has noted a 21 percent increase in the number of fire incidents in the region from January to March 2022 as compared to the same…

Police, fire investigators puzzled over minor’s death in Asturias fire

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararana and Paul Lauro 05/31/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Police and fire investigators in Asturias town, northern Cebu are puzzled on how a minor ended up inside an establishment in barangay Santa Lucia that was burned down in a fire on Tuesday…

2 persons sustain burns, 2 dogs rescued during Banawa fire

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 04/26/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Two individuals including a 76-year-old woman sustained burns while two dogs were rescued during a fire that hit a two-story residential house along 1240 Street in Cebu City on Tuesday afternoon, April 26. WATCH:…

Grounded wires pose a challenge to firemen responding to Tipolo fire

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararana and Paul Lauro, Pegeen Maisie Sararaña and Paul Lauro 04/10/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Grounded wires posed a challenge to Mandaue firefighters, who responded to an hour-long fire that happened in Barangay Tipolo, Mandaue City, past 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 10. Senior Fire Officer 2 (SFO2)…

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