A fire that reached third alarm broke out in a residential area in Tondo, Manila early Thursday morning, March 11 that rendered some 40 families homeless.
The blaze was first reported in the house of a certain Reynaldo Liwanag on Dagupan Extension in Tondo, Manila at around 4:23 a.m.
It reached the second alarm a minute later and quickly escalated to third alarm at 4:34 a.m.
Firefighters declared the fire under control at 5:06 a.m. It was extinguished at 5:20 a.m.
No casualties or injuries have been reported in the blaze.
With around 20 structures affected, fire investigators pegged the estimated cost of damage at P100,000.
Investigation is ongoing to determine the cause of the fire.