(Updated) Initial reports estimated 1,000 families are deemed affected as fire razed an urban poor community in Malabon on night of February 8.
At around 4:00 PM, fire broke out in Hernandez compound in Brgy. Catmon. As of 9:40 the fire has reached Task Force Bravo. Under Task Force Bravo, around 27 fire trucks are needed to be deployed in the area.
From reports gathered by Manila Today correspondents, as of 7:30 AM, 118 families are evacuated to Brgy. Catmon’s covered court, 147 families in Catmon Integrated School, 200 families in Tonsuya covered court and 50 families in Conduction Site in Catmon’s dumpsite area.
Cause of the fire is still unknown.
The communities affected in Brgy. Catmon are People’s Village, Gozon and Hernandez.
Brgy. Catmon has an estimated 36,000 residents, the fourth third largest barangay in Malabon.
Rechel Bañola, Gabriela organizer in Malabon appealed for help for the affected residents.
