20141201 Philippines Fire hits QC residential area, 120 families affected
Philippines Nov 30 2014 “Houses”
Dead : dead 0 or unknown Burnout : more than 70 Injured : injured 0 or unknown
Fire hits QC residential area, 120 families affected
Updated: 2014-12-01-07:31
Some 120 families lost their homes as a fire of undetermined origin razed a residential area in Quezon City before dawn Monday.
The fire affected the area at Araneta in Barangay Masambong, radio dzBB’s Allan Gatus reported.
It reached the fifth alarm as of 5:28 a.m., the report added.
Residents tried to save their belongings as the fire raged, photos tweeted by dzBB’s Gatus showed.
Following the fire, they could only see what could be salvaged from their homes.
An updated report past 7:30 a.m. said the fire razed 80 houses and affected 120 families.
The fire was placed under control at 6:04 a.m., and declared out at 6:55 a.m.
Many of the houses in the area were made of light materials, making the fire spread quickly.
Traffic in the area was slowed down as many of the nearby streets were occupied by fire trucks.
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