MANILA, Philippines — A fire razed an urban poor community in Malabon City Wednesday evening with alarm levels reaching Task Force Bravo.
An alert posted on Twitter by volunteer group TXTFIRE said that at 6:58 p.m. the fire at Hernandez St. in Barangay Catmon, Malabon reached Task Force Alpha.
Task Force Bravo was raised at 8:03 p.m.
As of 2/8/2017 8:03 #FireAlert! ->hernandez, catmon, malabon : Task Force Bravo #NCR
— TXTFIREPhilippines (@TXTFIRE) February 8, 2017
Under Task Force Alpha, a total of 23 fire trucks are expected to respond while 27 fire trucks are expected under Task Force Bravo in Malabon.
The blaze was under control by 11:52 p.m.
As of 2/8/2017 11:52 #FireAlert! ->hernandez, catmon, malabon : Fire Under Control #NCR
— TXTFIREPhilippines (@TXTFIRE) February 8, 2017
News reports citing community organizers estimated the number of affected families at 1,000.
Happening now • PRC Emergency Response Unit responding to #FireIncident in Catmon, Malabon.
— Philippine Red Cross (@philredcross) February 8, 2017
Ambulances and tankers deployed to give aid. pic.twitter.com/wi0PjCPWKS
The fire in Malabon happened on the same day as the blaze at Parola Compound in Tondo, Manila, which gutted 1,000 homes and displaced about 15,000 residents.
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