On Sunday April 25, at around 3 pm a massive fire spread through the densely populated community of Barangay Damayang Lagi, located near the corner of E.Rodriquez and Araneta Ave (Inquirer.net) It was reported by the BBC that as many as 600 homes were destroyed, leaving more than 7000 individuals homeless. The Inquirer reported today...
Category: National Capital Region
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Photo Gallery: Community Based Disaster Management Orientation in Bagumbayan
On March 17, CDRC visited Bagumbayan to see some of the homes affected by Typhoon Ondoy and Pepeng. The community was spotted with blue tarpaulins, signifying that repairs to damaged buildings were not yet complete. After touring the community, CDRC conducted a community-based disaster management orientation to a full audience of interested individuals.
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Photo Gallery: Relief delivery for BASECO and Paco fire victims
CDRC and its regional center in the National Capital Region, the Community Response for Enlightenment, Service and Transformation (CREST), immediately responded to the appeal of the residents who lost their homes to two successive fires in Manila, one in Baseco Compound in Tondo, and another in Paco.
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Fire razes Baseco compound; 1,000 families homeless
At least 1,000 families were left homeless after a fire razed down the Bataan Shipping and Engineering Company (Baseco) compound in Tondo, Manila at around 10 p.m., Saturday. The fire spread quickly because the houses inside the 52-hectare Baseco compound were made of light materials and were built too close to each other. The Bureau of...