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December 8, 2024
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Fire rips through slum area in Manila

Raging orange flames and thick black smoke billowed into the sky yesterday as fire ripped through hundreds of houses in a closely built slum area of the Philippine capital Manila.Manila Fire District said around 1,000 houses were burned in the blaze that is thought to have started on the second floor of one of the homes.There were no immediate reports of casualties.Drone footage shared online by the city’s disaster agency showed houses in Isla Puting Bato village of Manila razed to the ground.The structures housed around 2,000 families, according to the fire department.Village resident Leonila Abiertas, 65, lost almost all her possessions, but managed to save her late husband’s ashes. “I only got the urn with the ashes of my husband,” a crying Abiertas said. “I really don’t know how I can start my life again after this fire.” Fire and disaster services deployed 36 trucks and four fire boats while the country’s air force sent in two helicopters to help extinguish the fire.

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