00:00 Hundreds of families lost their homes in the fire in Manila.
00:05 In Tondo, two people were trapped in the fire.
00:08 And Ian Cruz was there live.
00:12 Ian.
00:13 Vicky, there are many trapped in the fire here in Tondo, Manila
00:19 where eight people were injured.
00:22 It was difficult for Vicky to go to the community where the fire is burning
00:26 because the cars and the narrow streets are full of people.
00:31 I don't know what to do.
00:34 How will I face that?
00:37 Ms. Mirna Lasaca's heart was almost broken
00:42 when her husband and a son who was trapped in the fire
00:46 were confirmed in their area in Tondo, Manila earlier this afternoon.
00:50 The father of the trapped person did not leave his house.
00:54 The father saw his son in a room near the window.
00:59 We're just on the other side of the bridge.
01:03 There's no fireman yet.
01:04 No one is going to the fire station.
01:06 Call for help.
01:07 In this incident, you can see that the fire is just starting.
01:11 At 2 in the afternoon, the second alarm went off
01:15 and the residents of the three houses were trapped.
01:19 Each one of them had their own equipment.
01:21 According to one resident, the fire spread quickly
01:24 so they had no other equipment.
01:26 I was just running upstairs.
01:28 I thought they were just hiding.
01:30 I didn't know that the house was on fire.
01:33 When I went outside, I saw that the electricity was on.
01:38 One hundred families were affected by the fire that was controlled
01:41 at 3 in the afternoon and reached the second alarm.
01:44 The firefighters were having a hard time going to the fire.
01:48 It was very noisy. A lot of people were parked in the area.
01:51 Secondly, the people who were trapped had their own equipment.
01:57 So it took a long time.
01:59 Their response and their response was hampered
02:03 because of the parking and the people who were trapped.
02:08 Around 4 in the afternoon, the fire was completely extinguished.
02:11 At 9 in the morning, there was another fire in 598 Santa Mez, Manila.
02:17 Around 100 houses were burned by the fire
02:19 that was controlled after more than 2 hours.
02:21 Four people were injured in the fire that reached the third alarm.
02:25 Three hundred families were affected by the fire.
02:28 A fire extinguisher was investigated that started in the middle of San Antonio Street.
02:33 Around 2.51 in the afternoon, the fire was extinguished.
02:36 There is no concrete reason why the fire started
02:42 but it started in the house in the middle of our area, in San Antonio Street.
02:47 The city's social welfare development office is talking about the burnt houses in Barangay 52 in Tondo, Manila.
02:59 These tents that we can see here, Vicky,
03:02 some of the residents will be transferred by the fire
03:06 and they will not be able to continue tonight.
03:10 Aside from Tondo and the area of Santa Meza,
03:14 there was also a fire in San Andres earlier this afternoon
03:17 and there was also a fire earlier this morning in Camarín, Caloocan.
03:21 Back to you, Vicky.
03:22 Thank you very much, Ian Cruz.
03:25 [Music]
