20140726 Philippines 300 families lose homes in Tondo fire
Philippines Jul 25 2014 “Houses”
Dead : dead 0 or unknown Burnout : more than 70 Injured : injured 0 or unknown
300 families lose homes in Tondo fire
Updated: 2014-07-26-04:47
Around 300 families lost their homes in a fire that razed a residential area in Manila’s Tondo district early Saturday.
The fire at the Gate 20 area of the Parola Compound had reached Task Force Alpha before it was put out at 5:05 a.m., radio dzBB’s James Agustin reported.
Some 140 houses were destroyed in the fire.
Many of the residents failed to save their belongings, and were left with nothing but the clothes they were wearing
NCR Regional Director Fire Senior Superintendent Sergio Soriano Jr. told dzBB that the fire was caused by a kerosene lamp at one of the homes in the middle of the Parola Compound. — Joel Locsin/DVM, GMA News
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