A fire razed about 600 houses in Bacoor City early morning on August 7 (Screenshot from Bacoor Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office's Facebook video/MANILA BULLETIN)
CAVITE – Around 600 families lost their houses in a fire that broke out in Sitio Wawa in Barangay Zapote 3, Bacoor City, early morning Wednesday, August 7.
The blaze was reported at 1:16 a.m. and was escalated to the second alarm at 1:21 a.m. The flames were declared under control at 2:50 a.m. and extinguished by 3:55 a.m.
The Bureau of Fire Protection Bacoor told the Manila Bulletin that the estimated worth of damage is P500,000.
Initial information from the Bacoor Component City Police Station stated that most of the houses in the residential area were made of wood.
The City Social Welfare and Development Office, meanwhile, has already identified evacuation centers where the fire victims could take temporary shelter.