Mahigit 300 bahay sa Brgy. Leon Garcia, Agdao, Davao City, nasunog
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00:00 More than 300 houses in Leon Garcia Agdaw Davao City were set on fire.
00:07 The whole detail was reported by Regine Lanusa of PTV Davao.
00:11 In the video captured by a netizen, the strong fire that rose in the house of Leon Garcia Agdaw Davao City earlier this morning.
00:21 The people here are running and shouting.
00:25 Their belongings were broken.
00:28 The fireman quickly put out the fire.
00:31 Despite this, many houses were burned because most of the houses here are made of light materials.
00:39 The fire reached the third alarm and lasted for four hours before it was put out.
00:45 After the fire, residents were getting worried about the fire in their house.
00:52 One of them is Francis Mariano.
00:54 He has no other belongings because of the speed of the fire and because he saved his family first.
01:01 If there's any left, we can put it back. If not, we can put it back little by little.
01:10 Josephine Jose still doesn't know what to do. Her house is gone, especially when the new year comes.
01:17 Her house is just next to the house that was set on fire.
01:22 I don't know. I'm getting nervous.
01:26 We are burning three houses.
01:30 That's two and that's three.
01:33 Based on the initial investigation of the fire department, more than 300 houses were burned in the so-called barangay and it's estimated that 1.1 million pesos were damaged.
01:44 The fire started in the house of a Rondron Sarabia and the fire is still being investigated.
01:50 In Congressman Manuel Garcia Elementary School, more than 300 families are temporarily staying.
01:56 The affected people are not left alone in the barangay and they are continuing to provide food.
02:01 The people who are starving.
02:04 The city is providing food and they are also providing mobile kitchen.
02:13 The validation of the City Social Welfare and Development Office or CSWDO was also conducted to speed up the process of providing non-food aid and financial assistance.
02:24 From PTV Davao, Regine Lenuza, for Bayan.