Apartment fire leaves 13 families homeless in Quezon City

MANILA, Philippines – Thirteen families were rendered homeless after fire damaged a two-level residential structure in Quezon City on Monday, a fire official said.

Senior Fire Officer IV Fortunato Alde told INQUIRER.net the fire broke out around 10:35 a.m. at the second floor of an apartment owned by a certain Antonietta Reyes located at Mayo Street N.S. Amoranto.

The fire reached third alarm by 10:50 a.m., but was declared extinguished by 11:05 a.m.

According to Alde, no person was reported injured by the blaze but an estimated P50,000 worth of assets were possibly damaged.

The Bureau of Fire Protection said the owner claimed the fire was caused by an electric fan that may have overheated. But fire authorities said they would still conduct further investigation on the case. /kga