A FIRE hits Zamboanga City on Sept. 19.
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Forty houses were razed in a fire in Barangay Tetuan here on Friday, Sept. 19.
The blaze, which began at 3:14 p.m., was placed under control an hour later.
The fire started in one of the houses made from light materials and quickly spread to adjoining structures.
Nobody was hurt in the conflagration but some 50 families were displaced.
The city government mobilized the City Social Welfare and Development Office to provide assistance to fire victims staying temporarily at the Tetuan Central School gym.
Arson investigators are conducting investigation.