TAGUM CITY: Some 15
houses were reduced to ashes inside the Ferrido Compound in Brgy. Mankilam last
Sunday, Nov. 23, latest report reaching The Philippine Preview said.
The fire department said
most of the victims were oblivious of the fire because they were out of the
compound that time watching the Pacquiao-Algerie live coverage on television.
Some said they were also
in church attending mass while others said they went to a baptismal for their
kin.
The BFP said the fire
started 10:00 0’clock in the morning which suddenly set ablaze other houses
made of light materials.
Angry residents pointed
at the shanty of a certain Doming General, who was cooking at that time, as the
origin of the fire.
All of the victims
slept at the Barangay Gym that evening as they made an appeal to their boxing
idol to look at their plight and help them build back their houses.
Raquel Ang, one of the
victims, said she is thankful that even with their present accommodation, what
matters most is that Manny Pacquiao still won the fight.
Her neighbor, Rule
Cubio, added Pacquiao’s victory indicate the boxing legend will hear their plea
and build them new houses, as simple as the ones worth P40,000. (WITH REPORT
FROM CESAR LANOS)