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Fire rages in metro Manila; 2,000 families homeless
Updated: 2011-04-20 08:19
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A resident douses water onto his house as a fire razed hundreds of houses at a squatters' colony in Makati City, Metro Manila, April 19, 2011. Fire razed at least 900 shanty houses in Guadalupe, Makati City, on Tuesday, leaving more than 2,000 families homeless, police said. [Photo/Agencies] |
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A firefighter shouts for more water as they extinguish a fire that razed hundreds of houses at a squatters' colony in Makati City, Metro Manila, April 19, 2011. [Photo/Agencies] |
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