Fire leaves 3,000 families homeless in Tondo

At least 3,000 families were left homeless after a ten-hour fire hit Parola Compound in Tondo, Manila before midnight Tuesday.

Bureau of Fire Protection authorities said the fire reached Task Force Delta before it was declared under control at around 6:30 a.m.

The fire was put out at 7:24 a.m. according to the Bureau of Fire Protection-National Capital Region, a report on radio dzBB said.

FIRE UPDATE: Sunog sa Tondo, Maynila, naapula na kaninang 7:24 a.m., ayon sa BFP-NCR. | via Carlo Mateo pic.twitter.com/4hAFxIFyrK

— DZBB Super Radyo (@dzbb) February 8, 2017

Photos shared by radio dzBB on Twitter showed hundreds of residents gathered on a street outside the Parola Compound in Barangay 20, Zone 2.

FIRE UPDATE: Sunog sa Parola Compound sa Tondo, Maynila, kontrolado na kaninang 6:23 am. | via Carlo Mateo pic.twitter.com/5qhyivGfKa

— DZBB Super Radyo (@dzbb) February 7, 2017

FIRE UPDATE: Tinatayang 1,000 bahay at 3,000 pamilya ang naapektuhan ng sunog sa Parola Compound, ayon sa BFP-NCR. | via Carlo Mateo pic.twitter.com/kTsfhBeHtr

— DZBB Super Radyo (@dzbb) February 7, 2017

The fire gutted at least 1,000 homes, authorities said. Seven people have also been reported injured.

Affected residents have sought shelter temporarily at the Iglesia Ni Cristo compound nearby. Others stayed at the Delpan Gym and the barangay multi-purose hall, GMA News' Mav Gonzales reported on News To Go.

Investigators have yet to determine how the fire started. —report from Carlo Mateo/ALG/KG, GMA News