Be on guard! Be alert! You do not know when that time will come. — Mark 13:33 (NIV)

About two hours before this posting, a fire hit in two barangays in Metro Manila. A week before, one blaze destroyed hundreds of houses  in Cebu (one barangay away from our house). And in less than three months prior to the incidents, a fire broke in our neighborhood one early Thursday morning.

Even months before the Philippines celebrates the Fire Prevention Month, a series of fire incident has been recurring in the country, and in my situation—in places near my residence. Continue reading →