By Joseph Almer Pedrajas
One million pesos’ worth of property was destroyed in a fire that hit a residential area in Makati City and rendered some 200 families homeless on Thursday afternoon.
(Photo via JOSEPH ALMER PEDRAJAS/ MANILA BULLETIN)
The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said that the fire, which gutted around 100 houses, started on Zanzibar St. in Barangay Isidro at around 1:30 p.m. and immediately reached 4th alarm in just 20 minutes.
Firefighters were able to put out the flames around 4:16 p.m.
An eight-year-old boy identified as Mark Angelo Taulo was injured after sustaining abrasions, the BFP said.
Fire probers said that the fire allegedly started in the room of a certain Jerome Samosa, but the actual cause of the incident is still under investigation.