MANILA, Aug 8 (NNN-PNA) – A 69-year-old man with Alzheimer’s disease, died in a fire that hit a residential area in the Philippine capital, the Bureau of Fire Protection said, today.
The bureau said, the fire, which broke out around 5:30 p.m. local time, in a district in Manila City, yesterday, quickly swept across at least 20 houses, displacing 50 families of 200 residents.
The bureau added that, it took firefighters nearly an hour to bring the fire under control.
Arson investigators are still determining the origin of the fire.– NNN-PNA
