Binondo fire razes over 30 houses, displaces 60 families


Around 60 families were displaced after a fire razed over 30 houses in Binondo, Manila on Tuesday, April 23. 

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Over 60 families lost their homes after a fire hit a residential area in Binondo, Manila on April 23. (Photos from Manila DRRMO/MANILA BULLETIN)

 

The Manila Police District (MPD) said the fire started at the house of one Mark Petlogan at Gate 52, Parola Compound, Binondo at around 12:11 p.m. 

The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) immediately raised the first and second alarms at 12:21 p.m. 

The fire escalated to the third alarm at 12:24 p.m.

Firefighters were able to put the fire under control at 12:53 p.m. and extinguished it at 1:32 p.m. 

Authorities said no one was reported injured in the fire that damaged at least P70,000 worth of property.

Arson investigators are still determining the cause of the fire.