Devastating fire kills eight including six kids as massive blaze leaves 100 homeless – World News
The fire broke out at around 5am local time in a crowded slum in Quezon City, a district of Manila in the Philippines tragically taking the lives of six children
The gutted remains of a neighbourhood destroyed by a fire in Manila (
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A horrific fire has killed six children after it ripped through a crowded shanty neighbourhood in the Philippines during a two-hour inferno.
The blaze broke out at around 5am local time in Quezon City in Manila, Philippines and continued to destroy an estimated 80 homes in the hours it raged.
Investigators are still working to identify how the fire began, but it’s thought to have started on the second floor of a home inside the University of the Philippines.
A series of tragic images showing the bleak aftermath of the blaze show the gutted and charred foundations of where the neighbourhood once stood, with not many homes left standing.
Relatives grieve the loss of loved ones in the fire
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One heartbreaking photograph shows two women holding each other as they weep for loved ones lost in the fire.
Funeral workers were also seen today carrying away the dead body of one of the inferno’s fatal victims.
The fire took almost two hours to extinguish according to firefighters.
Funeral workers retrieve the bodies of the blaze’s fatal victims
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Details of the victims, including names and ages, are yet to be released.
The fire department said some locals injured themselves while attempting to jump from windows to avoid the blaze, Chinese state-run Xinhua news reports.
The fire raged on for two hours and killed eight people
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The inferno started at around 5am local time – around 10pm in the UK – before blistering through the crowded settlement and destroying most homes in its path.
The inferno raged on for two hours before fire fighters finally got it under control.
Authorities have not yet released an official cause of the fire.
The fire department said some victims were trapped in their homes
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In addition to the eight killed two residents sustained injuries.
Fire Officer Dennis Magsayo suffered first-degree burns as local resident Alex Vega sustained a laceration on his foot.
And according to officials, around 100 residents of the small town are now homeless.
Two residents also sustained injuries, with one firefighter suffering first-degree burns
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Manila is one of the most overcrowded cities in the world, with a huge number of people to each square mile.
These densely populated neighbourhoods and slums are the perfect places for flames to catch and spread – making large and destructive fires commonplace.
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