A 68-year-old woman was injured in a fire that gutted seven houses on Rein Street in San Andres Bukid, Manila on Tuesday, August 20.
According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the injured woman sustained first degree burn on her left arm up to the left part of her face.
BFP reported that the fire started at 12:28 p.m. and escalated to the second alarm at 12:34 p.m.
It took the firefighters more than an hour before the fire was put under control at 1:58 p.m.
They extinguished the fire at 2:31 p.m.
Four of the seven affected houses were gutted by the fire.
Initial investigation disclosed that the fire started on the second floor of a three-story residential structure.
At least 15 families or 30 individuals were displaced by the fire.
BFP is still determining the cause of the blaze.