Inferno destroys thousands of shanties in Manila’s biggest slum area
A massive fire tore through a coastal shanty town in the Philippine capital on Sunday, leaving at least 2,000 families ...
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1,000 houses burned as fire rips through slum area in Philippine capital
bemoans Isla Puting Bato village resident MANILA: Raging orange flames and thick black smoke billowed into the sky Sunday as fire ripped through hundreds of houses in a closely built slum area of ...
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Marcos gives food packs, cash to families from fire-hit Isla Puting Bato
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. distributed food packs and cash as government assistance to families affected by the massive ...
The Weekly Times15d
1,000 homes destroyed after fire rips through Manila slum
The blaze, which broke out at 8am Sunday in Isla Puting Bato, in Tondo ... as fire ripped through hundreds of houses in a closely built slum area of the Philippine capital Manila.
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Watch: Fire destroys 1,000 homes in Philippines
Military helicopters doused raging flames, which took hold of the densely-built slum area of Isla Puting Bato, in the Tondo region, on Sunday. Manila Fire District said around 1,000 houses were ...
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Inferno destroys thousands of shanties in Manila’s biggest slum area
Isla Puting Bato sits in the district of Tondo, which is Manila’s largest slum area home to roughly 654,220 people. Many live in shabby shacks across densely packed streets near a busy ...