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00:00 On the street last night, they were burned in Santa Cruz, Manila yesterday.
00:05 A senior citizen was on the way to the fire.
00:07 The problem is that there is no power supply.
00:10 That's the first live news of EJ Gomez.
00:13 EJ.
00:14 Maris, some residents are now suffering from the lack of electricity here in their area of Elia Street, Barangay 351, Santa Cruz, Manila.
00:28 They were burned yesterday morning after the fire broke out, where the power lines were blown out.
00:36 Each street is a different area where residents can sleep.
00:44 In Elia Street, Barangay 351, Santa Cruz, Manila.
00:47 They are among the people who were burned here yesterday.
00:50 30 houses and 80 families were affected.
00:54 Some were burned in the evacuation center after the fire broke out.
00:58 Some residents were not burned, but there is still no electricity until now.
01:04 The power is affected because of this scene yesterday.
01:08 In one of the burned residences, the following power lines were blown out.
01:14 The people there helped the firefighters in extinguishing the fire.
01:18 A lot of things are happening in our area. Sometimes there are sparks, there are people who are heating up, and there are people who are burning.
01:25 When it was smoking, when it exploded inside, maybe it hit the ceiling inside the house.
01:33 They tried to extinguish the fire immediately.
01:36 When we ran, we brought a fire extinguisher.
01:39 We saw that the fire was getting closer.
01:43 It was coming from this house. We brought a fire extinguisher.
01:49 We couldn't do it anymore. I shouted, "Call the fire brigade."
01:54 The houses were made of light materials so the fire spread quickly.
01:58 The fire reached the second alarm.
02:00 This means that the fire brigade will not be able to bring down the eight fire trucks.
02:05 A senior citizen was at home in the fire.
02:08 Most of the residents were not able to save anything.
02:12 We have been living here for 40 years.
02:15 There are a lot of memories that happened here.
02:18 It's hard to accept what happened.
02:22 It's like my parents are being treasured.
02:26 It's like they can't leave this house.
02:28 Almost all of the residents here have been living here for 40 years.
02:33 We have been living here for more than 40 years.
02:37 Four. Four.
02:40 It's rare to see some residents who were burned on the side of the road.
02:48 They are the ones we talked to earlier that were burned because they couldn't sleep well.
02:54 The barangay is continuing to work on the issue of repairing the damaged power lines.
03:02 That's the first news from Santa Cruz, Manila. EJ Gomez for GMA Integrated News.
03:10 [News Anchor speaking]
03:23 [Music]