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Transcript
00:00Another residential area in Sampaloc, Manila is still on fire.
00:04How many affected residents have lost their belongings?
00:07EJ Gomez has the first live news.
00:10EJ.
00:15Residents of Barangay 458 in Sampaloc, Manila were burned to the ground
00:20early this morning.
00:22Firefighters had a hard time extinguishing the fire that was raised to the fourth alarm.
00:31It was lighted here in Barangay 458, Sampaloc, Manila
00:36earlier this morning at 5 o'clock in the morning
00:38when the fire broke out in a residential area in Sulucan Street.
00:41The first alarm was immediately declared earlier at 5.08.
00:44It was raised to the second and third alarm and reached the fourth alarm at 5.31 earlier.
00:49This means that not less than 16 firetrucks will have to respond
00:54in order for the fire to be completely extinguished.
00:56According to the barangay, at least 300 houses were affected by the fire.
00:59And 500 families were affected.
01:02Residents were disposed of their belongings one by one.
01:05Some of them were left with nothing but themselves and their loved ones.
01:13At the back of the house, we woke up because the fire was about to break in.
01:18When we checked the window, it was already behind our house.
01:22That's why we were not able to save anything.
01:24That's why I had my children brought down.
01:27We were able to save a lot because I am a single mother.
01:31We really don't have anything.
01:33To be honest, all of the houses here are made of light material.
01:36So, the fire really broke out quickly.
01:39The fire started from the candle.
01:42A child came out and we also saw that their house was already on fire.
01:51They were not able to speak.
01:54When we checked our windows, the fire was already big.
02:01We were not able to survive.
02:10As of now, this place is still on fire.
02:14If you can see, that roof has a second floor and a third floor.
02:20When the fire broke out, the third floor completely collapsed.
02:26According to the BFP, there are about 15 BFP firetrucks responding
02:38and more than 50 fire volunteers, firetrucks and ambulances.
02:45EJ, was anyone killed or injured in the fire?
02:49Where are the residents now?
02:56Based on the records of the BFP, as of now,
02:59we have one person who was injured because he jumped from the third floor of his house
03:04after he saw that the back of his house was already on fire.
03:09That's what he did and he was injured.
03:12We also talked to the residents of Cagawad.
03:15They are not yet able to go to the basketball court, which is an open area.
03:26As of now, the investigation is still ongoing
03:30on what was the cause of the fire in Cagawad
03:35and how the fire started in Sampaloc, Manila.
03:39Here is the latest from Sampaloc, Manila. EJ Gomez for GMA Integrated News.

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