Fire rips through slum area in Philippine capital

The structures housed around 2,000 families, according to the fire department.

Village resident Leonila Abiertas, 65, lost almost all her possessions, but managed to save her late husband’s ashes.

“I only got the urn with the ashes of my husband,” a crying Abiertas told AFP.

“I really don’t know how I can start my life again after this fire.”

Fire and disaster services deployed 36 trucks and four fire boats while the country’s airforce sent in two helicopters to help extinguish the fire.

“That area is fire-prone since most of the houses there are made of light materials,” firefighter Geanelli Nunez told AFP.

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