3 fires break out in Metro Cebu within 24 hours
CEBU CITY–Fire hit a two-story building here early Tuesday afternoon, bringing to three the number of fires in the Metro Cebu area within a 24-hour period, the authorities said.
Firefighters were still battling the blaze, which started at around 1:20 p.m., at the building on the corner of MJ Cuenco Avenue and Urdaneta Street.
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The building’s occupant, Modern Metal Marketing, is reportedly engaged in the selling tires and metal products.
The first fire, which occurred in Barangay Umapad, Mandaue City shortly before 9 p.m. Monday, razed over 100 houses and left around 200 families homeless.
The second, at 6:37 a.m. Tuesday, damaged only a portion of a house in Barangay Canduman, Mandaue City.
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