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Shantytown fire leaves 150 families homeless

Reinir Padua - The Philippine Star
August 18, 2013 | 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines -Some 150 families were rendered homeless by flames that razed a slum area in Quezon City yesterday morning.

The fire in Barangay Sto. Domingo reportedly started at Agustin Espino’s house at past 7 a.m. and spread to 70 shanties, according to initial reports from the Quezon City Fire District.

 Investigators said the incident reached fifth alarm before the flames were put out at around 9 a.m. No one was reported injured in the fire.        

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