The blaze over the shanty settlements left at least two thousand homeless in Manila, Philippines. Photo: Reuters
A massive fire tore through a coastal shanty town in the Philippine capital on Sunday, leaving at least 2,000 families homeless as flames billowed for nearly eight hours, according to the report.
Drone footage from the Manila Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office showed raging orange flames razing densely packed stilt homes in Isla Puting Bato, a squalid area of Tondo, Manila.
The Manila Fire District said around 1,000 houses were destroyed and roughly 8,000 people displaced in the blaze that broke out at 8 a.m. Sunday and burned until 4 p.m.
Authorities are still investigating the cause of the fire disaster but blazes in Manila slums are often sparked by faulty electrical wiring or gas canisters.
People carry a woman who fainted during the fire in Tondo, Manila.
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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 commercial port.
There have been no immediate reports of casualties.
Photos showed residents escaping the fire on makeshift rafts into the sea while others scrambled to salvage their belongings.
Elvira Valdemoro, a 58-year-old Manila resident and shop owner was devastated by the damage.
A firefighter carries a dog rescued from a fire in a slum area in Manila.
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“I feel bad because we have no livelihood and no home. Everything is gone. We don’t know how we can eat. We are in a very bad situation, and it’s almost Christmas,” she told Reuters.
Manila Mayor Maria Sheilah “Honey” Lacuna-Pangan visited Isla Puting Bato on Monday and spoke with survivors who spent the night in makeshift tents.
“Please be patient. We will keep coming to deliver help. No one wanted this to happen,” Lacuna-Pangan told residents.
She urged residents to get registered and voluntarily evacuate to a temporary shelter, where meals and supplies would be delivered.
“We will help all of you. Don’t lose hope. Let’s help each other out ahead of Christmas time, we hope to get you back to your homes.”
火災摧毀了馬尼拉最大貧民窟地區的數千個棚屋，導致2000人無家可歸
據報道，週日，一場大火席捲了菲律賓首都的一個沿海棚戶區，火勢熊熊燃燒了近八個小時，導致至少 2000 個家庭無家可歸。
馬尼拉減災和管理辦公室的無人機鏡頭顯示，熊熊的橙色火焰將馬尼拉通都骯髒地區普丁巴托島上密集的高腳屋夷為平地。
馬尼拉消防區表示，週日上午 8 點爆發的大火一直持續到下午 4 點，大約 1,000 棟房屋被摧毀，大約 8,000 人流離失所。
當局仍在調查火災原因，但馬尼拉貧民窟的火災往往是由錯誤的電線或瓦斯罐引發的。
Isla Puting Bato 位於 Tondo 區，是馬尼拉最大的貧民窟地區，居住著約 654,220 人。 許多人住在繁忙商業港口附近擁擠街道上的破舊棚屋裡。
目前還沒有人員傷亡的立即報告。
照片顯示，居民乘坐臨時搭建的木筏逃入大海，其他人則爭先恐後地搶救自己的財物。
58 歲的馬尼拉居民兼商店老闆埃爾維拉·瓦爾德莫羅 (Elvira Valdemoro) 對這次損失感到悲痛欲絕。
「我感覺很糟糕，因為我們沒有生計，也沒有家。 一切都消失了。 我們不知道如何吃飯。 我們的處境非常糟糕，而且聖誕節快到了，」她告訴路透社。
馬尼拉市長瑪麗亞·希拉·「親愛的」·拉庫納-潘安週一訪問了普廷巴托島，並與在臨時帳篷中過夜的倖存者進行了交談。
「請耐心等待。 我們將繼續提供協助。 沒有人希望這種情況發生，」Lacuna-Pangan 告訴居民。
她敦促居民登記並自願疏散到臨時避難所，那裡將運送食物和用品。
Th「我們會幫助你們所有人。 不要失去希望at least誕節前互相幫助，我們真的希望能讓你們回到家。
Source: CNN
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