Five areas in the city of Manila that were gutted by fire last Sunday, including the depressed community of Isla Puting Bato, have been placed under a state of calamity. During a session last Tuesday,

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Manila firefighters had difficulty reaching the incident as the streets are narrow and terminal walls were high.

A 5-alarm fire erupted in Isla Puting Bato, located in Manila’s Tondo district, on Sunday morning, quickly spreading and engulfing several homes.

Around 1,000 houses were destroyed in the blaze, officials say, months after a similar incident in the Philippine capital.

A large fire swept through a shanty town near the port area of Manila in the Philippines om Sunday night, destroying about 1,000 homes and leaving more than 8,000 people homeless.