At least 80 informal settler families (ISF) were evacuated after a fire hit wooden crates and around 10 slum houses along Barangay 128, Balut, Tondo, on Monday morning, August 12.
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According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the fire started at 6:07 a.m. from a pile of wooden crates along Mel Lopez Boulevard.
The fire was quickly raised to the second alarm at 6:12 a.m.
Fire responders said the blaze also damaged a car that was parked near the pile of wooden crates.
Most of the families that were evacuated were living under the bridge.
The fire was brought under control at 6:50 a.m. and was extinguished at 7:13 a.m.
The affected families received hot meals from the barangay officials.
Authorities said some the evacuees went home after the BFP’s mopping up operation.
The cause of the fire is still undetermined, the BFP said.