100 families lose home in predawn QC fire

At least 100 families lost their homes in a fire of undetermined origin at a residential area in Quezon City before dawn Sunday. The fire started at 3:33 a.m. and reached the fourth alarm, according to a report by radio dzBB's Manny Vargas. Firefighters placed the fire under control at 4:36 a.m. after it reached the fourth alarm at 3:55 a.m., according to a tweet by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority. No one was initially reported injured in the blaze along Katuparan Street in Commonwealth village, the report added. Affected residents were to be brought to the village's covered court, the report said. An initial report by deputy city fire marshal Superintendent Romeo Rillo indicated the fire started at the house of a certain Navarro. However, no one was inside the house at the time the fire supposedly started and as of posting time, arson investigators were still investigating its cause. Meanwhile, another predawn fire occurred along Mindanao Street in Balic-Balic in Manila. Fire volunteer group TXTFire indicated the fire started shortly after midnight Saturday and reached the third alarm. The MMDA said the Balic-Balic fire was put out at 1:20 a.m. — LBG, GMA News