Mandaue fire that razed house started by spark from repaired multicab 

Paul Lauro 09/24/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A spark from a multicab that was being repaired started the fire that destroyed the multicab, a house, and damaged another house in P. Remedio Street, Barangay Banilad, Mandaue City late this morning,…

Tejero fire: Arson suspected

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 09/11/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines —Fire officials suspect arson in the fire that broke out in Sitio Laurente in Barangay Tejero, Cebu City on Sunday evening, September 10, 2023. Authorities have in custody Leonil Demecillo Rivera, 29, the suspect…

Lahaina’s fire-stricken Filipino residents are key to tourism and local culture. Will they stay?

Associated Press 09/11/2023

LAHAINA, Hawaii — Ambulance and fire truck sirens wailed outside as Elsie Rosales stripped linens from king-sized mattresses at a beachfront resort in Lahaina. She tried to focus on the work, but was beset by dread: Had…

2 fire incidents in Brgy. Tejero on Sept. 10

Paul Lauro 09/11/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines—(UPDATED, 7:30 a.m., Monday, Sept. 11) Two fires broke out in Barangay Tejero here on Sunday, September 10, 2023. The first fire hit a residential area in U. Alviola Street, Sitio Back Blessed,  Brgy. Tejero, on Sunday…

Sibonga stage fire: Was it caused by a short circuit or was it intentionally started?

Paul Lauro and Niña Mae Oliverio 09/10/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Was the fire that destroyed the barangay’s stage and rented sound system in Barangay Manatad, Sibonga town on the early morning of September 9 intentionally started or was it just caused by an…

Maguikay fire: 1 injured, P1.5M in properties lost

Morexette Marie B. Erram, Paul Lauro 09/06/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – At least P1.5 million in properties went up in smoke after a fire hit a warehouse in Mandaue City late Tuesday evening, September 5, 2023. Flames gobbled up a family-owned warehouse, which was…

PHOTOS: Fire in Maguikay warehouse

Paul Lauro 09/06/2023

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu—(UPDATED) A fire engulfed a warehouse of a lumber store in sitio Fatima, Barangay Maguikay here late Tuesday night, September 5, 2023. According to FO1 Cyrus Albert Ytang of the Mandaue fire department, the fire…

Rescuers in Greece find 18 burned bodies as wildfires spread

08/23/2023

ALEXANDROUPOLIS, Greece—Eighteen burned bodies, possibly migrants, were found on Tuesday in a rural area in northern Greece where wildfires were burning out of control for a fourth day, authorities said, as gale force winds fanned blazes across…

Hawaii fire death toll hits 99, may double, warns governor

Agence France Presse 08/15/2023

The death toll in Hawaii’s wildfires rose to 99 and could double over the next 10 days, the state’s governor said Monday, as emergency personnel painstakingly scoured the incinerated landscape for more human remains. Last week’s inferno…

Maui wildfires death toll reaches 53

08/11/2023

KAHULUI, Hawaii—The death toll from Maui’s wildfires rose to 53 on Thursday as the fast-moving conflagration that turned the resort town of Lahaina into smoldering ruins was 80-percent contained, officials said. The island that forms part of…

Maui wildfires kill six as ‘apocalypse’ strikes Hawaiian paradise

08/10/2023

KAHULUI, Hawaii—Wildfires fanned by winds of a distant hurricane killed at least six people and devastated much of the resort city Lahaina on Hawaii’s Maui island on Wednesday, forcing thousands to evacuate as some fled into the ocean to…

BFP-7 warns: Fire more likely during El Niño 

CTU Intern Mariele Ocubillo 08/08/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Fires are more likely to occur during El Niño, an official of the Bureau of Fire Protection in Central Visayas (BFP-7) warned. Fire Superintendent Joel Abarquez, chief of the Regional Operations Division of the BFP-7,…

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