A residential fire in Taguig City destroyed five houses and caused an estimated P600,000 in damage on Saturday, May 9.
The Taguig City Fire Station reported that the blaze started at about 2:39 p.m. in a two-storey house on Centaur Street in Barangay Ususan. The first alarm was raised at 2:54 p.m., and the fire was extinguished at 3:29 p.m.
Authorities reported that six families, or 20 individuals, were affected in the incident.
Investigation showed that the fire originated from bed foam on the second floor of the house. The cause remains under investigation.
Six fire trucks, 25 volunteer groups and local government units, and three ambulances responded to the incident.