Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Fire Incident in Zamboanga, Philippines

25 family-victims of fire incidents that occurred in October and November received their cash aid from the city Monday.

"The city government released on Monday the total amount of P90,500.00 in cash assistance to 25 families whose houses and other personal belongings had been razed by fires that broke out in the different barangays of this city in the months of October and November, this year," said Vic Larato of the City Information Office.

Larato said the cash incentives were personally handed to the victims by Mayor Celso Lobregat himself in a simple ceremony held at the City Hall conference room.

Larato said the mayor distributed "cash assistance at P5,000 for each owner of totally damaged houses, P3,000 for each owner of partially damaged houses, P3,000 for each house sharer and renter, and P1,500 for each boarder."

"Of the total recipients, 13 families received P5,000 each for a total of P65,000; 9 received P3,000 each for a total of P27,000 and 3 received P1,500 each for a total of P4,500," Larato specified.

It can be recalled, a fire broke out on October 18 in Barangay Tetuan (Lustre), leaving 5 families homeless. Two of them had their houses totally damaged, 1 partially damaged and 2 boarders.

Larato narrated "on October 23, another fire incident was reported in Camino Nuevo with three families affected. The following day, a house was gutted down by fire in Upper Calarian. And still a day later, Ocober. 25, a fire engulfed 11 closely-knit houses in Canelar: 6 totally damaged, 2 partially damaged with 3 boarders."

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