MANILA, Philippines – Eleven persons were hurt while some 4,000 families were rendered homeless during a fire that lasted for around eight hours until Tuesday morning and razed a neighborhood in Quezon City.
Investigator SFO3 Renato Delamidi said around 600 homes, mostly shanties, were burned in Barangay Central.
Delamidi said 11 residents in the area suffered injuries during the fire, including difficulty in breathing, lacerations and puncture wounds.
The fire also left some 4,000 families homeless in the area where an estimated P20 million worth of properties were destroyed.
It was found that the fire originated from the second floor of the two-story shanty of Antonio Dionido.
The fire was reported to have started at around 10:45 p.m. Monday.
Delamidi said the fire lasted for around eight hours. Firefighters had the fire under control at 4 a.m. Tuesday and put out the last flames at 7:02 a.m.
Meanwhile, a one-hour fire hit Monday afternoon a residential compound destroying some 40 houses in Malabon City.
Chief Insp. Rodrigo Reyes, Malabon City fire marshal, said the fire started at about 2 p.m. in a house along Palmario Street in Barangay Tonsuya which quickly spread to adjacent structures.
Probers said some residents suffered burns and bruises while trying to save their belongings from their houses.
The fire was the fourth to hit the Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas, Valenzuela area in a span of one week including a fire in Navotas City which killed 12 persons.
The cause of the fire is still being determined while damage to properties is still being assessed by arson probers.
source: Manila Bulletin
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