About 60 families, consisting of around 180 individuals, were displaced after a fire broke out in a residential area in Parañaque City on Sunday afternoon, May 10.
According to SFO3 Giovanni Corbes, arson investigator of the Parañaque Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the fire started at around 12:05 p.m. in a two-storey house occupied by Ramon Ebrada along Sta. Cecilia Street, Sta. Maria Valley I in Barangay San Antonio.
Corbes said the fire quickly spread to nearby houses, damaging around 30 houses.
The fire was raised to a second alarm at 12:11 p.m. and escalated to a third alarm at 12:24 p.m. The blaze was extinguished at 2:12 p.m.
The BFP said the estimated damage to property reached P150,000. No injuries were reported during the incident.
Authorities are still investigating the cause of the fire.