DAVAO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 28 May) – A huge fire swept through a slum neighborhood in the southern Filipino city of Davao, police and fire marshals said.
The fire late Sunday gutted more than 150 houses and left some 2,000 people homeless, police said.
There were no reports of casualties, but authorities said many people were hurt when they panicked and tried to flee from the burning neighborhood.
Arson investigators blamed an oil lamp for the conflagration. Many of those displaced by the fire are now housed in temporary shelters.
Fire marshals estimate the damage in the fire at more than eight million pesos. (Romy Bwaga)
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