3 fires hit Iligan City on eve of fire prevention month, destroy P4M property

ILIGAN City - The city fire marshall chief on Thursday declared March as fire prevention month, ironically reporting three fire incidents in a row that burned down 27 houses in a residential area, a commercial block, and a school.

BFP, NBI probe second Iligan fire

ILIGAN City (16 Feb 2018) - After the fire that razed seven stores along Aguinaldo Street on February 7, a second fire destroyed a number of office complexes, including a private school on February 13 prompting an investigation by the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI).

Senior Fire Officer 1 Ruel Lee, BFP chief investigator, said the second fire gutted a larger commercial block on Badelles Extension in Barangay Pala-o which started at the warehouse of Double Tap Security Agency inside U&J complex and spread towards Santo Nino Academy de Iligan, a private school also owned by U&J.

The entire school was totally burned but the U&J building was partially damaged.  But the teachers said there were no classes on that day because of tropical storm "Basyang."

Also located in the area is the office of Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) that is now occupied by the NBI.  Acting NBI agent-in-charge Jam Dimaporo said the office of the chief and the agents' quarters were burned but the clearance processing section was spared.

The BFP estimated the initial damage at PhP1-million citing faulty wiring that could have caused the fire. [Ted Khan Juanite, The Manila Times]

Fire hits school, NBI office in Iligan City

ILIGAN CITY (13 Feb 2018) - Fire hit the Sto. Nino Academy and nearby National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) building along Badelles Street, Barangay Pala-o in Iligan City on Tuesday afternoon.

Witnesses said the fire started at the school where only a few students and teachers were present as classes were suspended earlier in the day due to the heavy rains brought about by Tropical Depression Basyang.

Meanwhile, the office of NBI Chief Atty. Abduljamal Dimaporo was damaged while some evidence was destroyed because of the fire.

The Bureau of Fire Protection declared a fire out by 3:25 p.m.

Fire Insp. Butch Baulete said the estimated cost of damage is P1-million and that they are still investigating the cause of the fire. [Merlyn Manos/BAP, GMA News]

Fire razed two commercial buildings in Poblacion barangay of Iligan City

ILIGAN CITY (7 Feb 2018) - A firefighter was slightly injured in a fire that broke out and razed two commercial buildings at the corner of Aguinaldo and Badelles Streets here on Wednesday afternoon.


The fire occurred some 150 meters away from the main station of the Bureau of Fire Protection here.

Iligan City Fire Marshall Butch Baulete said that the fire, which quickly spread, was reported at around 2:30 p.m.

He said support fire engines from the towns of Linamon, Kauswagan, Bacolod, Balo-i, Kolambugan, Tubod in Lanao del Norte and fire trucks from Marawi City helped put out the fire.

"We are still conducting the investigation on the cause of fire and assessment of damage," Baulete said. [Divina Suson and Richel V. Umel, Inquirer]

Afternoon fire razed commercial establishments in downtown Iligan City

PHOTOS: Richel V. Umel

ILIGAN City (7 Feb 2018) - An afternoon blaze consumes commercial establishments near the Iligan City Public Plaza Wednesday at Aguinaldo street and Mariano Badelles Sr. street in Barangay Poblacion this city.