Around 30 families are temporarily staying at a basketball court in Barangay 753 after a fire destroyed houses at Arellano Avenue, San Andres, Manila on Friday morning, April 5.
The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said the fire was raised to the first alarm at 5:19 a.m. and immediately escalated to t he second alarm at 5:28 a.m.
Firefighters were able to put the fire under control at 6:36 a.m. and extinguished at 6:58 a.m.
At least 20 houses were reportedly damaged.
In a media interview, Paco Fire Station Senior Fire Officer IV (SFO4) Anabelle Padilla said they had a hard time extinguishing the fire due to narrow paths in the area.
“Unang-una napapansin po namin 'yung ang hirap po rito, sobrang makitid po 'yung mga daanan. Yung mga bumbero po namin kanina kailangan pang pumasok sa loob ng [mga] bahay, umakyat sa bubong ng [mga] bahay para maapula po 'yung sunog (We had a hard time to extinguish the fire since the paths are very narrow. Our firefighters had to go inside the houses, climb onto the roofs of the houses to put out the fire),” Padilla said.
BFP said no one was reported injured in the fire incident.
The cost of damages and the cause of the fire are still being determined by the BFP.