Big Fire in Caloocan

Another big fire which lasted for almost nine hours and rendered 1,000 families homeless occurred in Caloocan City, Philippines.

For details of the news, read below:

Big fire in Caloocan City leaves 1,000 families homeless


Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:24:00 02/08/2010

Big fire in Caloocan City leaves 1,000 families homeless
Philippine Daily Inquirer

MANILA, Philippines – Scores of people in Caloocan City lost their homes in a huge fire that raged through a slum area for nearly nine hours from Saturday evening to Sunday morning, fire authorities said.

Almost 500 shanties were gutted and more than 1,000 families were displaced in the blaze that struck the Philippine National Railways compound on Samson Road, officials said.

Damage to property reached at least P5 million but investigators later said this was only a conservative estimate and that the actual losses could run to much more. Although there were reports of minor injuries, no one was seriously hurt.

The fire started at about 6:25 p.m. in the house of Virgilio Corsino, a report by SFO4 Randy Resurreccion and SFO1 Edwin Buenaventura said.

The arson investigators said the fire could have been sparked by a burning electrical wire that came into contact with the rubber hose of a liquefied petroleum gas tank.

Reaching the general alarm or the highest alert level during emergencies, the fire spread quickly through the colony of shanties made of mostly light and combustible materials.

The fire was put out at about 3 a.m. and displaced families took shelter on the sidewalks and vacant lots as they waited for city officials to set up temporary evacuation centers.
DJ Yap

Let's hope and pray that the people affected could recover soon and that charitable people would come to their rescue.
Remember, we can not outdo God.