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Pexels photo May 15, 2021 A MORNING fire totally burned 10 houses in Sitio Pilit, Barangay Cabancalan around the boundary of Talamban, Cebu at 6:11 a.m. Saturday, May 15, 2021.
Senior Fire Officer 1 Antonio Montajes, fire investigator of the Mandaue City Fire Station, told Sunstar Cebu that the fire incident was reported to the Cebu City Command Center and was immediately forwarded to their station after confirming it was within Mandaue City.
The Cebu City Fire Station also responded to the alarm, as well as the Mandaue City Fire Station.
Montajes said seven minutes after they reached the area, the commander-in-chief raised the fire to second alarm.
SunStar 13 families lost homes to Maguikay fire
MAUNDY THURSDAY BLAZE. Local firefighters respond to a noontime fire that hit a hardware and two houses at M.L. Quezon St., Barangay Maguikay, Mandaue City on Maundy Thursday, April 1, 2021. The fire displaced 13 families. (Bantay Mandaue-CDRRMO FB page)
+ April 03, 2021 AT LEAST 13 families were displaced from their homes after a noon fire hit at M.L. Quezon St, Barangay Maguikay, Mandaue City on Maundy Thursday, April 1, 2021.
Around 64 individuals who were affected by the fire are currently housed at Maguikay National High School, says Dr. Maricel Yu, head of the Mandaue City Social Welfare and Services (MCSWS).
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SunStar Mandaue City distributes cash aid to fire victims in Brgy. Looc
CASH AID. The Mandaue City government has started distributing cash assistance to residents of Sitio Superior, Brgy. Looc who lost their homes during a fire on Dec. 6, 2020. Those who lost their homes received P10,000, while renters and sharers received P5,000. / Kate F. Denolang
+ December 29, 2020 THE fire victims of Sitio Superior, Brgy. Looc, Mandaue City claimed their financial assistance from the Mandaue City Government at the Brgy. Looc Gym in the morning of Dec. 28, 2020.
Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes distributed the financial aid to the fire victims.
According to Dr. Maricel Yu, head of the City Social Welfare and Services (CSWS), 152 families have received the aid. House owners and those whose houses were burned down received P10,000, while renters and sharers received P5,000.