Manila Shantytown Fire Destroys Hundreds of Homes

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A massive fire in a Manila shantytown has displaced thousands of residents. Such blazes are common in the city's many densely-populated low-income areas.

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00:00Residents of a Manila slum are picking through the ashes after a massive fire ripped through

00:05their homes.

00:06We first saved our children before we saved our belongings.

00:16Thousands of people have been displaced after a blaze engulfed a shantytown near a port

00:20in the Philippine capital on Sunday, destroying hundreds of buildings.

00:24There have been no reports of injuries or deaths.

00:27The cause of the blaze remains unknown, though faulty electric wiring is a common culprit

00:31in such incidents.

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