Fire volunteer's home one of 40 razed in Manila blaze

Fifty families in Malate, Manila are now homeless after a huge fire hit their residences on Tuesday.

According to a report by Saleema Refran on "24 Oras," the house of one of the fire volunteers was among the 40 houses razed by the blaze..

Firefighters had to climb on roofs to extinguish the fire due to narrow alleys.

It took an hour and a half to put out the fire. Authorities are still looking into the cause and the amount of damage.

The Bureau of Fire Protection Manila warned  the public that fire accidents caused by short circuits in household electricity are common this hot season. 

"Pa-check po natin sa mga electrician, na tamang mga tao na titingin, kung yung mga kable ba natin ng mga kuryente, ating mga outlet is sufficient pa para sa mga appliances na ginagamit natin," said FSupt. Christine Cula. 

(Let electricians or the right experts check on our electrical cables or outlets if they are sufficient for our appliances.) 

 "Ayan ang common, number one cause talaga is yung overloading, short circuit or yung pagsabog ng electrical wires," she added. 

(The common or number one cause [of fire] is overloading, short circuit, or explosion of electrical wires.) —Vince Ferreras/NB, GMA Integrated News