CROWDED. Fire-hit residents of Purok Saeg, Barangay Calumpang in General Santos City stay on Thursday morning (Nov. 4, 2021) at a barangay gymnasium that was converted into an evacuation site. Some 470 households with 699 dependents were documented to have been affected by a huge fire in three of the area's four residential zones on Wednesday afternoon. (PNA photo by Richelyn Gubalani) GENERAL SANTOS CITY -Officials have placed a coastal village here under state of calamity following a huge fire on Wednesday afternoon that displaced at least 1,169 residents. Ryan Dupalco, chairman of Barangay Calumpang, said they issued the calamity declaration in an emergency session on Thursday to facilitate the release of their calamity funds to augment the relief operations for the residents. Citing a report from the City Social Welfare and Development Office, he said some 470 families with 699 dependents were documented as of noon Thursday to have lost their homes and valuables in the nearly f