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Eight people killed in UP Diliman fire

Agence France-Presse

<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2020113" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><p>MANILA - Eight people died, including six children, when a fire ripped through a poor community inside the University of the Philippines Diliman campus on Monday and destroyed 80 houses, a fire official said.</p><p>Another three people were injured in the blaze which started around 5:00 am (2100 GMT) on the second floor of a house in a crowded, informal settlement at UP Village a inside the sprawling campus of the University of the Philippines.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">EMERGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT: A fire has been reported in UP Village A in UP Diliman Campus, Quezon City. If you know any UP College of Engineering student, faculty, staff directly affected by the fire and need assistance, please DM us or email ocs@coe.upd.edu.ph &amp; adsa@coe.upd.edu.ph</p>— UPD College of Eng&#x27;g (@updengg) <a href="https://twitter.com/updengg/status/1520930526596845569?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 2, 2022</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>It took nearly two hours to extinguish the inferno, Senior Fire Officer Greg Bichayda told AFP. </p><p>An investigation into the cause was under way.</p><p>The victims were trapped inside their homes as &quot;the fire spread quickly&quot;, Bichayda said.</p><p>Their ages are not yet known, but he said six were minors. </p><p>&quot;The houses consist of light materials. When the fire broke out, people were shocked,&quot; Bichayda said. </p><p>&quot;Our station was just nearby but they weren&#x27;t able to call us immediately.&quot;</p><p>More than 13 million people live in the densely populated capital, with tens of thousands in overcrowded slums where fires are common.</p><p>Many of the residents have fled rural poverty to live in Manila where there are more jobs. </p><p>mff/amj/lb</p><p>© Agence France-Presse</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/05/02/22/sunog-sumiklab-sa-up-diliman-residential-area">Sunog sumiklab sa UP Diliman residential area</a></li></ul>

Eight people died, including six children, when a fire ripped through a poor community inside the UP Diliman campus on Monday.