Five houses were destroyed and another partially damaged in a residential fire that affected seven families and 36 people in Barangay Quiot, Cebu City, on Thursday.
The fire broke out in Sitio Nangka Ville shortly before 1 p.m., prompting a response from the Cebu City Fire Station, which received the report at 12:54 p.m. and reached the scene five minutes later.
The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) raised the incident to first alarm. Firefighters brought the blaze under control at 1:17 p.m. and declared it out at 1:38 p.m.
A final report from the Cebu City Department of Social Welfare and Services (DSWS), issued at 3:10 p.m., recorded six houses involved, five of which were totally destroyed and one partially damaged.
The BFP’s initial incident report likewise listed five houses as totally burned and estimated the property damage at P120,000.
No casualties, injuries or fatalities were reported, according to the BFP.
Following the fire, the city government provided hot meals to affected residents and registered the families and internally displaced persons (IDPs) for assistance, the DSWS said.
The department scheduled verification and validation activities on the first and second days after the incident to document affected households and assess their needs.
The cause of the fire has yet to be established.
In a separate incident on Thursday, another residential fire partially damaged a house in Barangay Duljo-Fatima.
The DSWS recorded one affected family consisting of five individuals.
The city government also provided the family with hot meals and registered its members for assistance. Verification and validation activities were scheduled for the first and second days following the incident.
📷 Media courtesy of IFM 93.9 Cebu, Justin Loi
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