Biggest Fire Daw: 2 Ka Barangay na Sunog

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sa amoa mani dapit.. daghan sad balay na sunog oi.

[skadiboy]

doul nasad ni sa amo.... last year sa amo likod karon na year sa amo among likod ehehe
mayo gani g dungog ni bro na d mo dako pag maau... sos daghan tay walay poy anan karon...


kong naay sonug naa pod nay kawatan..

paksit noon ang duha ka kawatan namunit og monitor sa computer ehehehe na tanggong sa ramos barangay hall..... mga angas kaau og face... XD

[CASHFLOW]

layo ra sa r.landon across jakosalem ang sunog?

[edshark]

marisi bro kay nadakpan... dli pd cla maluoy oi, mao na pa kay nasunugan.. kawatan pajud... huhuhu.

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tsk tsk.. hadluka jud mga ing ani oist..

[Alramzz]

asa man na dapita?

[hanhan]

paeta sd ani uyy, lets just pray for these people na nasunogan dli jd lalim. mas maau pa baha ky sa sunog ky wa najd mapunit...abo nalng...

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P12.5M Landon fire



LIKE a wildfire razing anything that stood in its path, yesterday’s fire in downtown Cebu City reduced houses to ashes in just minutes.

That was how Supt. Esmael Codilla, Cebu City fire marshal, described the blaze that destroyed an estimated P12.5 million worth of properties in the adjoining barangays of Sta. Cruz and San Antonio.

Sta. Cruz Barangay Captain Jerome Lim said the fire was the most voracious he has seen in his life.

“Dali ra gyud kaayo nahurot ang lima ka balay, minutos lang. Dili ta ka-blame sa bombero kay lagi ang na-una pagkasunog light materials man,” he said.

He said that in Sta. Cruz alone, at least 30 families were left homeless.

Codilla said that because of the intense heat when the fire started at the house of the Alo family in Sta. Cruz, the flames went across R. Landon St.

Eusebio Alo, 42, told reporters that the fire started at the ceiling of the house of his uncle Angelo Alo, which is adjacent to his house.

Eusebio, who sells barbecue along the road near the gate of the Alo Compound, said he was preparing his food when the fire broke out. He said the fire was so quick that they no longer had time to salvage valuables.

With flames still threatening many houses, Lim instructed his tanods and barangay personnel to create a cordon around the affected area to keep thieves at bay.

Shelter

He said last night that he was at a loss where to shelter the fire victims because the barangay does not have either a covered court or a sports complex.

Cebu City Sports Complex Manager Ricky Ballesteros has offered the facility for the victims since it is the Holy Week and no one will be using it.

Codilla said they were alerted to the fire at 5:44 p.m. and controlled it at 6:55 p.m., an hour and 11 minutes later.

There were allegations that his men arrived late but he said that has been the perennial complaint against the Fire Department.

Dr. Nestor Alonso II, Cebu City consultant, said he came across the same complaint when he was at the scene.

Codilla, however, explained that firetrucks were dispatched immediately after they received the call for help.

He estimated 25 to 30 structures to have been razed by the fire.

The fire spared the Police Regional Office (PRO) 7 Headquarters and its adjacent government agencies, including the office of the Firearms, Explosives and Security Agencies/Guards Supervisory Section (Fesagss) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) 7.

Prisoners

Personnel and police operatives from both Fesagss and PDEA, however, prepared to leave their building.

The closest houses to the PDEA 7 office, which was only separated by a concrete fence, were engulfed by the fire including
that of PO3 Roel Tabañag of the Cebu City Police Office Investigation Detective Management Branch.

Jesse Tabanao, PDEA 7 spokesperson, said their agency’s 16 prisoners were in a van that was parked inside the compound of the PRO 7.

Tabanao said parents of the prisoners trooped to the PDEA 7 after hearing of the fire and appealed that the prisoners be moved somewhere safe.

Codilla said he raised a general alarm, which called for all available firetrucks in Cebu to respond, because of the swift destruction of the structures.

Aside from Codilla’s men, Cebu Filipino-Chinese Volunteers Fire Brigade Inc. volunteers also responded to the alarm, along with several barangays with firetrucks, like Barangays San Roque and Sto. Niño.

San Roque Barangay Captain Roger Ruizo said he was helping control the crowd during a procession at the Cebu Cathedral when he learned about the fire.

Help

“Amo gibiyaan ang procession kay naa man miy firetruck, maayo na lang makatabang,” he said.

A Philippine Air Force firetruck also arrived at the fire scene on both sides of R. Landon St., which serves as the boundary between the two barangays.

A few residents said they had to throw stones at nearby boarding houses occupied by call center workers to wake them up.

Cogon Ramos Barangay Captain Omar Durano also brought his men to help control the crowd, which filled up the R. Landon-D. Jakosalem St. junction.

Codilla said they are still investigating what triggered the blaze.

He surmised, however, that a spark could have ignited highly-flammable materials like paint used in the renovation of the Alo family’s house.

Senior Insp. Bonifacio Garciano, Parian Police Station chief, said a nearby fire hydrant did not have water, which Lim said could have been an immediate source for the firetrucks, which sometimes ran out of water.

Acting Mayor Hilario Davide III, who went to the scene, said it was unfortunate.

“I was told there is a fire hydrant pero walay tubig. That’s so sad, very sad,” he said.

Hydrants

He instructed City Councilor Gerardo Carillo, City Disaster Coordinating Council action officer, to oversee the situation, especially the deployment of social workers to assist the victims, particularly in providing them food and shelter.

Davide said that last February, he already instructed Codilla to provide the City with a list of working and defective fire hydrants. He said he will remind Codilla about the report.

In a separate interview, Codilla said the hydrant Garciano and Lim referred to was not really busted, only that the area has very low pressure.

He said that the Metro Cebu Water District automatically closes valves when there is fire to divert water to the affected area but it takes a while for water pressure to build up so they could tap a hydrant.

Codilla said there were no reports of casualties or injuries as a result of the fire as of press time last night.

Chief Insp. Virginia Toledo, Cebu City Fire Department operations chief, said in a separate interview that residents should remain vigilant, especially because of the hot weather.

[cainez]

ahak oi naapil diay akong boarding haus for 4 years sa sunog.. pag december ra gyud ko nihawa.. looy kaayo ang among land lady kay apil kasunod ang mga things nga gamiton sa kasal nila next month..hahayz

[nyxgorf]

kita pud ko ani ganina.. kai wa na gpa lahos ang mga 04c nga jip... nag baklay nlng ko... mga hapit nato mag 7 kusog ghapn kayo ang kalayo.... dako guro ug damage ani..