Huge flames can be seen engulfing a tightly-built shanty community in the Manila port area, in drone footage released by the city’s disaster management office. dad.
The Manila Fire Department said hundreds of residents were left homeless after about 1,000 houses were destroyed in Sunday’s fire.
Dozens of fire trucks and fire boats were deployed to extinguish the blaze, and the Philippine Air Force sent two helicopters to scoop water from Manila Bay to help extinguish the blaze.
Emergency relief agencies have so far not reported any casualties and have not yet determined the cause.
The incident occurred months after 11 people died in a residential fire in the Philippine capital’s Chinatown.
