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Pexels photo May 15, 2021 A MORNING fire totally burned 10 houses in Sitio Pilit, Barangay Cabancalan around the boundary of Talamban, Cebu at 6:11 a.m. Saturday, May 15, 2021.
Senior Fire Officer 1 Antonio Montajes, fire investigator of the Mandaue City Fire Station, told Sunstar Cebu that the fire incident was reported to the Cebu City Command Center and was immediately forwarded to their station after confirming it was within Mandaue City.
The Cebu City Fire Station also responded to the alarm, as well as the Mandaue City Fire Station.
Montajes said seven minutes after they reached the area, the commander-in-chief raised the fire to second alarm.
SunStar 13 families lost homes to Maguikay fire
MAUNDY THURSDAY BLAZE. Local firefighters respond to a noontime fire that hit a hardware and two houses at M.L. Quezon St., Barangay Maguikay, Mandaue City on Maundy Thursday, April 1, 2021. The fire displaced 13 families. (Bantay Mandaue-CDRRMO FB page)
+ April 03, 2021 AT LEAST 13 families were displaced from their homes after a noon fire hit at M.L. Quezon St, Barangay Maguikay, Mandaue City on Maundy Thursday, April 1, 2021.
Around 64 individuals who were affected by the fire are currently housed at Maguikay National High School, says Dr. Maricel Yu, head of the Mandaue City Social Welfare and Services (MCSWS).