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Fire rages in metro Manila; 2,000 families homeless
Updated: 2011-04-20 08:19
(Agencies)
Residents sift through the ruins of their houses after a fire in Makati city, Metro Manila April 19, 2011. [Photo/Agencies] |
A firefighter extinguishes 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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