00:00A 13-year-old boy was killed in a fire in Cebu.
00:05It also burned in Pasay and Manila.
00:08Mark Salazar was also affected.
00:14Early in the morning, residents of Barangay Duljo Fatima in Cebu City woke up from the blaze.
00:21Those trapped climbed up the roof along with several children.
00:25With the help of a flashlight, the residents managed to escape alive.
00:47But a 13-year-old boy did not give up.
00:51He did not leave his house where the fire started.
00:55Around 3.50 in the morning,
01:00the 13-year-old boy did not show up.
01:04That prompted an adoptive father
01:08to ask the assistance of the firefighters
01:13that their child was missing.
01:17The blaze reached 32 houses.
01:22When the firefighters responded,
01:25the fire started on Arnaiz Avenue, Barangay 94 in Pasay City
01:29around 1 in the afternoon.
01:31The situation was critical
01:33because the houses were close to each other.
01:38Within 10 minutes of the first alarm,
01:42the third alarm was declared.
01:46Fortunately, the fire was just within the width of Arnaiz Avenue
01:50so the firefighters did not have a hard time.
01:52At 2.90 in the afternoon, the fire was declared as a fire-out
01:55and no casualties were reported in the fire incident.
01:58The building we burned down is an old building
02:02and its contents are mixed.
02:05There are light materials.
02:06As for where the fire started,
02:09this is under investigation.
02:14After Pasay,
02:15the fire broke out in Moriones, Tondo, Manila.
02:19It was past 2 o'clock.
02:20The situation was also critical
02:22because the houses were close to each other
02:24and were made of light materials.
02:26The residents were the ones who were extinguishing the fire
02:29along with the firefighters.
02:31According to the Bureau of Fire Protection,
02:3315 houses were burned,
02:34of which 45 families were living.
02:37Fortunately, only the second alarm was reached
02:41and no casualties were reported.
02:43At 3.14 p.m., the fire was declared as a fire-out.
02:46For GMA Integrated News, Mark Salazar.
02:5024 Hours.
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