A FIRE hits Surigao City on Tuesday, Nov. 25. (FB)
BUTUAN CITY – About 139 families or 519 individuals lost their homes in a fire in Barangay Taft, Surigao City on Tuesday, Nov. 25.
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), together with the City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO), have provided modular tents, family food packs, family kits, kitchen kits, hygiene kits, and sleeping kits for the victims.
They are staying at Nueva Gym with 80 families or 244 individuals; Taft National High School, 40 families, 201 individuals; and Mariano Espina Memorial CES, eight families, 33 individuals.
The Surigao City Police Station has extended assistance to relief operations.
Surigao City Mayor Pablo Yves L. Dumlao II has visited evacuees to determine their needs.
Arson investigators have yet to determine the cause of the fire and damage to property.