00:00Hundreds of thousands of pesos worth of properties were burned in a sudden fire in a residential area in San Mateo, Rizal.
00:09This was reported by Donald Tincunco.
00:15It only lasted for half an hour.
00:18But this is how it spread.
00:20This fire was left in the compound in Ampid 1, San Mateo, Rizal.
00:24Not less than 23 houses were burned that started past 12.30 this morning.
00:3118 families lost their homes.
00:33I didn't do anything. I just went down.
00:36If I didn't go down, I would have been burned too.
00:38I just evacuated the other children so that there wouldn't be too many to burn.
00:44This woman, who is confined in the hospital and was supposed to be operated on this afternoon,
00:49had to talk to a doctor so that she could go home when she found out that the fire was happening in their area.
00:55Thankfully, they only brought a window to the fire.
00:59It was right next to where the fire started.
01:01It was my house.
01:03The curtains of our house caught fire, but our windows burst open.
01:11According to San Mateo Fire Station, they had a hard time extinguishing the fire,
01:15not only because of the wind and the smoke,
01:17but also because of the houses and the narrow streets that were blocked by vehicles.
01:23It's light materials, so it's easy to spread.
01:26We had a hard time because it was very tight.
01:28Our windows were parked, so it took us a long time to remove the tricycles.
01:35No one was injured or burned, but it is estimated that 300,000 pesos were lost.
01:42The cause of the fire is still being investigated.
01:45For GMA Integrated News, I'm Dan Ating Cunco.
01:47For Tutok, I'm Bente Cuatro Horas.
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