TWENTY-TWO houses were destroyed in a fire that hit a slum area in Barangay Zone 4, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, March 25. (Cadiz City Fire Station)
BACOLOD CITY – Twenty-two houses were destroyed in a fire that hit a slum area in Barangay Zone 4, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, March 25.
Fire Officer 2 April Shayne Ausan, chief arson investigator of the Cadiz City Fire Station, said they received a fire call at 6:55 a.m.
The destroyed homes were made from mixed concrete and light materials and situated close to each other near a coastline.
Ausan said that 31 families were displaced by the blaze, who are temporarily staying at the barangay covered court.
Arson investigators have yet to determine the cause of fire which affected 700-square meters in the area.
Fireout was declared at 8:01 a.m. No injuries were reported. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Cadiz has yet to determine damage to property.
Ausan said this is the second fire that hit the barangay, the first in 2016.