Victims of the recent fire in Davao City received aid from the Office of First Congressional District Representative Paolo “Pulong” Duterte.
The massive fire occurred over the weekend affecting 2,000 families and gutting down more than a thousand houses in the three barangays, 21-C; 22-C and 23-C.
Rep. Duterte immediately extended assistance to the victims. The First Comgressional District office staff memberd distributed emergency food packs the following day, February 26, to the victims who are currently housed at Barangay 21-C Gymnasium in Piapi Boulevard. Each family will also receive hot meals for five days.
Based on the report of the Bureau of Fire Protection-Davao (BFP-Davao) there are 1,200 houses were destroyed by the fire that started at a coastal area in Barangay 21-C.
Senior Fire Officer 4 Ramil Gillado, spokesperson of BFP-Davao, said that the houses that were destroyed were mostly made of light materials, with the damage estimated at around P9 million.
There was no reported injury or death from the incident.
Dabawenyos impacted by man-made and natural disasters have been receiving emergency aid and food packs from Rep. Duterte’s office.c
