A resident tries to put out the flame at the site of a fire accident in Quezon City, the Philippines, March 19, 2024. Some 400 families were affected by a fire accident that took place in Quezon ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A fire gutted a three-story residential building early Thursday in less than an hour in the Philippines' capital region, killing eight people, officials said.

The Philippines, an archipelago of ... regulated ferries prone to overcrowding and accidents. In May, at least seven people died after a fire in a high-speed Philippine ferry carrying 134 people.

Manila Fire District said around 1,000 houses were burned in the blaze, which is believed to have started on the second floor of one of the homes at around 8am local time, The Telegraph reported.

Fire Kills 8 in the Philippines After Flames Gutted a Residential Building in Less Than an Hour MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A fire gutted a three-story residential building early Thursday in less ...

Neighbor, Alberto Masakay, points to the second floor of a building in San Isidro Galas village in suburban Quezon city, Philippines that caught fire, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Joeal ...

MANILA – A fire gutted a three-story residential building early Thursday in less than an hour in the Philippines' capital region, killing eight people, officials said. The blaze, which also ...