Fire leaves 60 families homeless in Pasig City

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MANILA, Philippines—Around P3 million worth of properties were damaged in a fire that broke out in a residential area in Pasig City Monday afternoon, leaving an estimated 60 families homeless and one fireman injured.

The fire, which began at 1 p.m., destroyed an estimated 30 houses—mostly made of light materials—at MRR Compound, Purok IV in Barangay (village) Pineda, Chief Insp. Roy Quistro, the city’s fire marshal, said.

The families are set to be relocated at the barangay’s multipurpose hall.

Authorities said that one fireman—SFO3 Eduardo Rosales—was slightly injured after he held onto a sharp object as he tried to put out the fire.

He did not have to be rushed to the hospital though, they said. The fire reached the third alarm, and was declared under control at 1:50 p.m.

A fire-out was declared 15 minutes later (2:05 p.m.)

According to FO3 Joezer Esmeraldo, one of the responding firemen, it didn’t take long for authorities to put out the blaze since the streets were not as narrow and fire trucks were able to penetrate the area without any difficulty.

While the origin of the fire was still under investigation, several residents said it began in the house of a certain Bobot who was not home when the fire broke out.

Quistro said that the cause of the fire had yet to be determined but several residents also reported hearing a loud explosion before smoke started coming out from a house.