150 families left homeless after their houses gutted by fire

Miami
April 9, 2008
Story: 150 families left homeless after their houses gutted by fire

Around 40 houses were burned at Arayat Street corner Benitez street, Barangay San Martin de Porres, Quezon City.

The fire started at around 10:30 am and reached task force Bravo at around 10:59 am, it was declared fire out at around 3:05 pm.

According to SFO3 Jose Felipe Aresa, the origin of the fire was allegedly at the house of certain Pauleen Raj, the cause of the fire is still under investigation. But, he said that based on what the people are saying it has possibility of an LPG explosion.

Around 150 families were affected and the estimated damages reached at about P 3 million.

There were four reported injured they are: Estelita Chang, Edwin Sorreno, Paolo Serreno, and Oliver Agra. They were rushed in Capitol Medical Center for medical treatment, they sustained wounds and mild burns, but they are in stable condition.

Aresa also added that the families affected were not illegal settlers and the houses were made of concrete, but some were light materials the reason why the fire spread so fast.