Navotas fire 6th to hit Metro since Christmas Eve
Two families were left homeless early Wednesday morning after the house they shared burned down in a fire in Navotas City, the sixth to hit Metro Manila this week.
The Navotas Fire Department said the blaze started around 2 a.m. on Wednesday in the house of Anita Paglinawan along Buwan Buwan Street, Kaunlaran.
It was put out an hour later, but not before it destroyed the two-story house and its contents worth about P500,000.
Investigators said the fire started in a bedroom on the second floor and was caused by an electrical overload.
No one was killed or injured in the incident.
Since Monday, Metro Manila has been hit by six fires occurring in the cities of Pasig, San Juan, Navotas and Quezon City.
Early on Monday morning, five houses in Barangay (village) Maybunga, Pasig City, were razed in a fire, leaving 15 families homeless on Christmas Eve.
Two fires were also reported in Manila on Monday: One in a commercial building at the corner of M. D. Santos and Tabora Streets in Divisoria, Manila, which burned for 13 hours.
One fireman was injured while trying to extinguish the blaze, which destroyed some P10 million worth of textiles and other products, and the cause was traced to the presence of firecrackers.
The other fire engulfed five units of GSIS Metrohomes along Pureza Street.
Valuables estimated at P200,000 were damaged in the blaze.
Two in a day
Two fires early on Christmas Day led to the loss of eight lives in Quezon City and San Juan.
Firefighters had their hands full controlling the fires which occurred almost at the same time.
One person was killed and 19 were injured, including three firefighters, in a blaze which razed at least 500 houses and left some 2,000 families homeless in San Juan City.
The fire started at around 2 a.m., with firefighters encountering difficulties in containing the blaze because of narrow streets and salvaged personal belongings blocking the way of fire trucks.
Some P5 million worth of properties were destroyed in the fire.
Another blaze, this time in Quezon City, claimed the lives of a family of seven.
The blaze hit a 16-door apartment in Barangay Bungad, trapping a family inside.
An estimated P7 million worth of properties was destroyed in the blaze.
