20150101 Philippine 2 more fatalities in QC fire
Jan 01 2015
2 more fatalities in QC fire
Updated: 2015-01-01-18:01
A huge fire has engulfed a number of houses in Barangay Apolonio Samson in Balintawak, Quezon City on Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. Firefighters from every fire station in Metro Manila train their hoses on the fire in efforts to put it out. Initial investigation by the Bureau of Fire Protection revealed a kwitis that entered a shanty may have triggered the ongoing fire that has reached general alarm. The BFP has requested the Philippine Air Force to send aerial reinforcements to help stop the raging fire.
The death toll from a fire that hit a residential area in Quezon City Thursday morning rose to three as of Thursday evening.
City fire marshal Superintendent Jesus Fernandez confirmed the additional deaths after mopping-up operations, radio dzBB’s Allan Gatus reported.
The New Year fire at Barangay Apolonio Samson that killed two men and a woman razed around 200 houses.
Arson investigators are looking into reports that a wayward kwitis (baby rocket) started the fire.
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