2 Tondo fires leave 80 families homeless
By Jeannette Andrade
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:08:00 12/02/2008
Filed Under: Fire, Local authorities
MANILA, Philippines – Fire gobbled up a number of houses in two separate incidents within five hours, leaving 80 families homeless in Manila.
No casualty was reported in both fires.
The Manila Fire District (MFD) said the first fire broke out at around 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, destroying a two-story house owned by Rod Fajardo on 1275 Sevilla Extension in Tondo.
The blaze reached the fourth alarm before it was put out 30 minutes later.
Arson investigators have not determined the cause of the blaze.
The estimated cost of damage to property has been placed at P100,000.
Five hours later, at around 12:12 a.m. Monday, a fire hit a row of 20 shanties at the corner of Hermosa and Pilar Streets in Gagalangin, also in Tondo.
Origin
An MFD report revealed that the blaze started at a house on Interior 16 allegedly owned by a certain “Aling Baby.”
Retired army master sergeant Edilberto Casanova, a neighbor, claimed he saw smoke from a window of the house and sought help to put out the blaze.
Firefighters were able to put out the flames at around 12:56 a.m.
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