Two children died in a fire in Sampaloc, Manila on Thursday morning.
Arjun Salombre and Jay Brix Jacobe, both four years old, were trapped inside a burning building in Sampaloc, Manila. The blaze was put out after a half hour but not before it burned down four buildings along Blumentritt Extension and Filipa streets.
Another fire in Singalong rendered 100 families homeless, and left two firefighters injured. The fire started at about 11:44 a.m. Yet another fire broke out in Parañaque City and burned down some 20 houses in Better Living Subdivision. According to GMA News, there were no reported injuries.
