1 injured as fire razes Quezon City shanty area
A fire hits a shanty area in Quezon City Monday afternoon injuring one and destroying millions worth of properties. Video by Noy Morcoso III/INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines — One was injured and millions worth of properties went up in smoke after a fire gutted a shanty community in Quezon City Monday afternoon.
Senior Fire Officer 3 Mauricio Jose of Quezon City Fire Department said Nelma Dagolpo sustained a laceration to her waist after fire blazed through roughly 100 houses along Balud Street, Congressional Avenue Extension, Barangay (village) Culiat in Quezon City at 1:54 pm.
Fire Superintendent Jesus Fernandez, Quezon City Fire marshal, said roughly P3 million worth of properties was destroyed in the blaze.
The fire alarm reached Task Force Bravo before it was completely put out at around 3:15 p.m., leaving about 200 families homeless.
Article continues after this advertisementAuthorities have yet to determine the cause of the fire, Fernandez said, although a radio report quoted him as saying that the blaze may have started from the house of a certain Arsenio Sumagang.
Originally posted at 2:34 p.m. | November 4, 2013