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Transcript
00:00On Christmas Eve, 500 families of Barangay 310 in Santa Cruz, Manila lost their homes because of the fire.
00:08We have live news from Bea Pinlac.
00:12Bea?
00:15It took more than an hour for the fire in Santa Cruz, Manila to completely extinguish.
00:22It was past 6 a.m.
00:24Some of those who were burned here spent the night in the covered court of Barangay.
00:31Kenneth's family was waiting for the fire to be extinguished near Burol, Chuhinya, in Barangay 310, Santa Cruz, Manila, last night.
00:41Before they could escape from the raging fire, they needed help to move to a safe place in Cabaong, Chuhinya.
00:51There are a lot of people going out.
00:53If we are left here, maybe later, we will be more affected.
00:59It's very difficult. It's very sad.
01:02Some of those who were burned in the basketball court of Barangay Muna are still suffering.
01:07As of now, we are assessing if he will be able to go to the covered court.
01:12Other families said that they have relatives who are still suffering.
01:17Among those who escaped and spent the night in the court, the senior citizen, Nanay Rosalinda,
01:22did not have any other belongings.
01:24But fortunately, she borrowed a blanket and some clothes from her burned partner.
01:29We don't have anything else. We don't have a house.
01:32We didn't get any other belongings.
01:35We didn't get anything.
01:36They gave us some clothes in Oroquita.
01:40What else can we give?
01:42The authorities are ready to help the affected families.
01:46But one of the challenges for them is...
01:49Secondly, our barangay is already burned.
01:52What happened is that our barangay pan, calamity pan, is running out.
01:59We are still going to divert other funds.
02:06Igan, according to some of the people we talked to who were burned,
02:09aside from food and other donations,
02:12they are hoping that they will be able to rebuild their houses.
02:17That is the first news from Manila.
02:19Bea Penlac for GMA Integrated News.

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