A fire that broke out early Thursday and raged on for more than three hours, razed almost two dozen houses, rendering 23 families homeless in Barangay Tetuan, Zamboanga City.
Elmeir Apolinario, chief of the Zamboanga City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office, said they counted at least 22 houses that were razed to the ground and one structure partially damaged after the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) declared the fire out at 3:21 a.m.
Apolinario said the city government had distributed immediate assistance and support to the fire-hit families temporarily housed at the Tetuan Central School Gymnasium.
At least four vehicles were also damaged.
The fire in Tetuan village occurred barely three days after the Sept. 29 fire earlier gutted several houses in the city’s Barangay Tumaga, rendering 26 families homeless.
BFP is still investigating the cause or causes of these fire incidents in the two villages in Zamboanga City