Makati fire renders 72 families homeless

A fire hit a residential-commercial area in Makati City on Tuesday morning.

According to a report by Mao Dela Cruz on Dobol B sa News TV aired over GMA News TV, the fire started at a house in Barangay Tejeros around 7:35 a.m.

The fire reached the fourth alarm before it was declared under control at 9:47 a.m.

Smoke comes out of gutted houses during a fourth-alarm fire along Varona corner J.P. Rizal streets in Brgy. Tejeros, Makati City on Tuesday, November 26, 2019. Bureau of Fire Protection probers say they are still investigating the cause of the blaze. No one was reported injured in the incident. Danny Pata

YouScooper Maki Mangalile shared a video showing the extent of the fire on J.P. Rizal cor. Varona Street.

WATCH: Nasa ikatlong alarma na ang sunog sa isang residential-commercial area sa J.P. Rizal Ave. corner Varona St., Makati City, ayon sa ulat ng DZBB. Kuha ito ni YouScooper Maki Mangalile. pic.twitter.com/6sL1RpE8Tp

— YouScoop (@YouScoop) November 26, 2019

A total of 18 houses were gutted down, leaving around 72 families homeless.

The cause of the fire has yet to be determined. 

Barangay Councilor Josephine Leonardo said the local government will set up tents along Varona Street to accommodate the affected residents.

The nearby Holy Cross Parish also served as a temporary refuge for the distressed fire victims.

No one was reported injured in the incident. —Dona Magsino/KG, GMA News