Manila Electric Company linemen inspect damaged wires after a fire razed a squatters colony in Tondo,...
Manila Electric Company linemen inspect damaged wires after a fire razed a squatters colony in Tondo, Manila, March 3, 2015. About 10,000 families were rendered homeless after 5,000 houses were razed by an overnight fire in Tondo district in the Philippine capital on Tuesday, local media reports said. The government's Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) has reported that since January 2015, there were more than 600 fire incidents in Metro Manila, while 18 people were killed and 46 injured. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: DISASTER SOCIETY)