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Fire rips through Manila slum area housing thousands
The Straits Times
|November 25, 2024
Raging orange flames and thick black smoke billowed into the sky on Nov 24 as a huge fire ripped through hundreds of houses in a closely built slum area of the Philippine capital Manila.
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The Manila Fire District Office said around 1,000 houses were burnt in the blaze that is thought to have started on the second floor of one of the homes.
There were no immediate reports of casualties.
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