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.

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The fire alarm reached Task Force Bravo before it was completely put out at around 3:15 p.m., leaving about 200 families homeless.

Authorities 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