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CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, Philippines --- Close to a hundred families here were left homeless as a two-hour fire swept through their neighborhood Saturday morning, Aug. 17. SFO3 Samson Velarde said the fire started at the house of couple ApoliFire leaves 100 families homeless in Cagayan de Oro
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, Philippines --- Close to a hundred families here were left homeless as a two-hour fire swept through their neighborhood Saturday morning, Aug. 17. SFO3 Samson Velarde said the fire started at the house of couple Apolinario and Leoncia Diaz around 8:50 a.m. According to Velarde, Leoncia, 68, was cooking rice while also doing another chore. When she went back, the kitchen had already caught fire. She called on Apolinario, 74, to help her put out the fire, but it had already spread fast to the rest of their shanty. Both suffered burns in trying to put out the fire. From the Diaz couple's so-called St. John neighborhood in Barangay Punto...Keep on reading: Fire leaves 100 families homeless in Cagayan de Oro Read more