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Izzy Lee

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<p>MANILA (<strong>UPDATED</strong>) -- A fire hit a residential area in Dalahican, Cavite City, Sunday afternoon, affecting 800 families.   </p><p>It started at 3:08 p.m. in Barangays 5 and 7 on Badjao Street, Dalahican.</p><p>The blaze, which was raised to a third alarm, was extinguished by the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) at 5:54 p.m.</p><p>A Philippine Air Force UH-1 Huey helicopter flew overhead to drop water.</p><p>According to Ruel Solis, Barangay Captain of Brgy. 7, residents of both Barangay 5 and Barangay 7 were affected.</p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display:flex;max-width:560px;width:100%;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px"><iframe id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" title="X Post" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1812424448336961728&amp;lang=en&amp;maxWidth=560px&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fnews-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com%2F%23%2Fworkspace%2Fmonitoring%3Fitem%3Durn%3Anewsml%3Anews-workbench-api.abs-cbn.com%3A2024-07-14T11%3A55%3A18.752102%3A54ff8ac9-9132-4c7f-b1b8-b9ea1f4004dc%26action%3Dedit%26popup&amp;sessionId=ba0457c0973bf3c7b1d8798b92d244021d82b1df&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px" style="position:static;visibility:visible;width:560px;height:316px;display:block;flex-grow:1" data-tweet-id="1812424448336961728"></iframe></div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8"></script><p>&quot;&#x27;Yung mga residents na &#x27;yan nasa dagat sila... &#x27;Yung mga bahay nila nasa ibabaw ng dagat kaya halos marami talagang natupok na... Halos lahat nasunog,&quot; Solis said.</p><p>(The residents live by the sea, with their houses built above the water, so many were severely burned... almost everything was destroyed.)</p><p>Resident Sarah Bertilyo, who has lived in the area for nearly 21 years, was devastated as she lost all her belongings.</p><p>&quot;Nagtatakbuhan po yung mga bata. Ang sabi po ng mga bata, sunog, sunog. Eh di nataranta na po kami. &#x27;Di malaman paano babangon. Walang naisalba, lahat ma&#x27;am -- &#x27;yung mga papers na kailangan ng mga estudyante,&quot; Bertilyo said.</p><p>(The children were shouting &#x27;fire, fire,&#x27; and we panicked... We didn&#x27;t know how to recover... We couldn&#x27;t save anything, not even the students&#x27; necessary papers.)</p><p>Cristina Vicente is worried because her four children are due to start school on July 29, but their school supplies were destroyed in the fire.</p><p>&quot;Baka po mahuli sila ng pasok ngayon kasi wala po naubos po lahat eh...Wala naman kaming makukuha na. Natupok na lahat,&quot; Vicente said.</p><p>(They might miss the start of classes because we have nothing left... everything was burned.)</p><p>Renydoy Garcia had to jump into the sea to escape the fire.</p><p>&quot;Nag-umpisa sa gitna po ng kabahayan &#x27;yung sunog... Habang naglalabas po kami ng ibang gamit na malapit na po sa bahay namin nagtalunan na po yung mga sa dagat... Tumalon na rin po ako sa dagat,&quot; Garcia said.</p><p>(The fire started in the middle of the houses... as we were trying to save some belongings, we had to jump into the sea to avoid the flames.)</p><p>Approximately 800 families or 4,000 individuals were affected by the fire, according to Solis. </p><p>Residents displaced by the fire have been relocated to evacuation centers at Dalahican Elementary School and Sta. Cruz Elementary School.</p><p>The local government is coordinating to provide assistance. Authorities are still investigating the cause of the fire and assessing the damage.</p><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>

<p>A fire hit a residential area in Dalahican, Cavite City, Sunday afternoon. </p>

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Fire hits residential area in Cavite City

Izzy Lee,

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Published Jul 14, 2024 07:52 PM PHT

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Updated Jul 14, 2024 09:42 PM PHT

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