Around 12 families were displaced after a residential area in Barangay Pag-asa, Olongapo City caught fire Friday night, November 21.
In a phone interview Saturday, November 22, Fire Officer 2 John Mark Simon of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) Olongapo said they received a call at around 9:37 p.m. about a fire that broke out along Natividad Street.
The blaze, which lasted for more than an hour, razed three separate rental units – a two-story structure and two single-level units. The fire was put out at around 10:46 p.m.
No injuries were reported, and investigations into the cause of the fire and the extent of the damage were ongoing.
Meanwhile, in the same barangay, another house along Tabacuhan Street also caught fire earlier that day at around 2:47 p.m., leaving one person injured.
The fire was quickly contained and declared out at 2:52 p.m.
Authorities were still investigating the cause of the first fire incident