00:00The five children who will be separated in Tondo, Manila will be reunited with their loved ones in the new year
00:08after being jailed in their burnt house.
00:11Only their grandparents are with the victims
00:14because their parents were busy selling in the market when the incident happened.
00:19Bam Alegre was there.
00:21This is how fierce the fire was on the second and the third floor of this residential property in Barangay 97, Tondo, Manila last night.
00:34The Bureau of Fire Protection raised the second alarm to respond to the fire that was going down the wall of the firetruck.
00:41The street was narrow so the firefighters had a hard time moving.
00:44The fire started on the second floor of the three-story building.
00:50We have three families who are affected.
00:53They are siblings.
00:55Our estimated damage is more or less 150,000.
01:00The fire was controlled past 11 o'clock last night.
01:03But the tragedy happened.
01:05The five children who will be separated in Tondo, Manila will be reunited with their loved ones in the new year after being jailed in their burnt house.
01:10The fire was completely extinguished at 11.25 before midnight.
01:13The grandparents of the children who were with them were eagerly waiting for the fire to start.
01:18When I opened the door, it was locked.
01:20I tried to open it.
01:22When the fire started, the fire and smoke came to me.
01:29This is where I went to.
01:31I couldn't find my grandchildren.
01:34I couldn't find them.
01:36They are not here.
01:38They are not here.
01:41This morning, this is what was left in the property.
01:44This is where the investigation of the Bureau of Fire Protection will start
01:48as well as the Sanji ng Apoy and Lawak ng Pinsala.
01:51We gathered information from the direct witnesses.
01:56Lately, we will go and gather ashes, debris, and electrical wirings for a laboratory examination.
02:06Three families were affected by the fire.
02:09The BFP's investigation of the incident continues.
02:12For GMA Integrated News, I'm Bam Alegre.
02:15That was 24 Hours.
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