Tag: fire

The St. Ferdinand Parish Church in IIagan City became the diocese’s first cathedral when Ilagan was established as a diocese in 1970

A fire ripped through the centuries-old rectory of St. Joseph Cathedral in Romblon diocese recently, destroying canonical books and other important documents. Bishop Narciso Abellana...

Distraught shop owners told reporters the blaze had left them destitute ahead of Eid, the Muslim festival marking the end of Ramadan

From the Latin word "ardere," meaning to burn, arson is the act of setting something on fire for an evil purpose

Dozens of missing workers from a container depot were still unaccounted for, while many of the dead were burned beyond recognition

The Bureau of Fire Protection said the blaze also injured three people and razed over 80 houses

The fire appears to be Taiwan's deadliest in years. The last fire of a similar magnitude was in 1995, when 64 people died.

Authorities have already recovered the “Tres Potencias” of the Child Jesus, the Blessed Sacrament and other religious objects

Although there were no reported casualties, the church’s altar collapsed, pews were burned, and religious images were destroyed