20160322 Philippines Fire razes 50 houses in Zamboanga City
Philippines Mar 22 2016 “Houses”
Dead : dead 0 or unknown Burnout : 30 to 69 Injured : injured 0 or unknown
Fire razes 50 houses in Zamboanga City
Updated: 2016-03-22-17:00
An overheated cellphone charger is believed to have triggered a big fire that razed at least 50 houses in a village in this city early Monday morning, according to a fire official.
Superintendent Clint Cha, city fire marshal, said no one was reported hurt or injured in the fire that occurred about 12:05 a.m. at a shanty area in Barangay Divisoria.
He said fire probers found that the fire originated from a house owned by a certain Jeffrey Quirit and quickly spread to other houses nearby. Quirit said he heard a faint explosion before the fire started.
Cha said the conflagration, which is estimated to have caused around P2 million in damage, was contained after more than an hour.
Web Source: Philstar
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