Fire hits QC shanty area
MANILA, Philippines—Fire gutted two houses in a shanty community in Novaliches, Quezon City, Friday afternoon, leaving at least 12 families homeless.
Superintendent Jesus Fernandez, Quezon City Fire Marshall, said the fire hit two units of a seven-door apartment in Medalla Compound along Sarmiento Street, Barangay (village) Gulod at 2:20 pm.
A lighted candle left inside the house may have caused the fire, Fernandez said in a phone interview with Inquirer.net. The house is owned by Ike Medalla and rented by Junior Cerilo.
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No one was reported hurt.
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The fire official said the fire reached third alarm at 2:43 p.m. It was put out at 3:12 p.m.
Damage to property was placed at P200,000.
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