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Isuzu PH delivers first batch of fire trucks for BFP modernization program

Isuzu Philippines Corporation (IPC), the country’s leading manufacturer and distributor of brand-new trucks for 20 consecutive years, turned over the initial 74 units of firetrucks to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP). Here’s the news from Isuzu:…

Portion of Skyway collapses in huge fire in Pandacan, Manila

MANILA, Philippines — A section of the Skyway Stage 3 Elevated Expressway caved in due to a massive fire that struck a warehouse in Pandacan, Manila. The blaze, which has reached Task Force Bravo, is razing the…

BMW South Korea apologizes for engine fires

SEOUL — Representative Director and Chairman of BMW Korea Kim Hyo-joon officially apologized for a series of engine fires that broke out in its vehicles, in an emergency press conference Monday as the controversy continued to expand into more…

Fire guts warehouse of Japanese tire maker in Clark

(Update, originally posted at 5:11 p.m.) CLARK FREEPORT – A three-hour fire gutted a warehouse of the Yokohama Tire Philippines Inc. (YTPI) on Sunday (May 14) but no one was hurt, an official of the state-owned Clark…

Parking on ‘fire lanes’ to cost you P6,500

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and the Bureau of Fire Protection have agreed to impose a P6,500 fine for illegally parking vehicles on roads that will be designated as fire lanes. MMDA officer in charge Tim…

5 MMDA men in trouble over fire

At least five employees of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) face sanctions for not observing proper emergency protocol when a fire broke out in the agency’s main office in Makati City on Friday. The blaze started…

Filipino widower of Calif. limo fire victim can’t collect $6.5M

SAN FRANCISCO – A jury found that the life of one of the five women killed three years ago in a limousine fire was worth $6.5 million, but her widower won’t be able to collect that money.…

French police protest ‘anti-cop’ violence, police car burned

PARIS — Protesters in Paris attacked a police car with two officers inside with iron bars and set it alight in a dramatic unleashing of new anti-police violence, as officers across France took to the streets to…

Canadian convoy begins, hoping to flee wildfire zone

FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta — A massive convoy was under way Friday to move evacuees stranded at oil field camps north of Fort McMurray, Alberta amid a massive wildfire that officials fear could double in size by the…

Limousine in fire that killed Filipina nurse in US recalled

SAN FRANCISCO, United States — A specialty car manufacturer is recalling the limousine model involved in a 2013 fire that killed a Filipina nurse and four companions on a San Francisco Bay Area bridge. Accubuilt is recalling…