Homes ravaged by fire in Manila

A man walks outside his gutted house after a fire in Taguig, Manila. A fire gutted several houses rendering more than 300 families homeless. No one was reported injured in the fire that affected more than a thousand people at a poor neighbourhood of Taguig. Photo: Reuters

A man walks outside his gutted house after a fire in Taguig, Manila. A fire gutted several houses rendering more than 300 families homeless. No one was reported injured in the fire that affected more than a thousand people at a poor neighbourhood of Taguig. Photo: Reuters

A fire victim takes rice porridge given by social workers at Taguig city, east of Manila, Philippines, hours after a fire gutted several houses rendering more than 300 families homeless. No one was reported injured in the fire that affected more than a thousand people at a poor neighbourhood of Taguig. Photo: AP

An amputee fire victim prepares to sift through the debris at Taguig city, east of Manila, Philippines, hours after a fire gutted several houses rendering more than 300 families homeless. No one was reported injured in the fire that affected more than a thousand people at a poor neighbourhood of Taguig. Photo: AP

Residents look for metals and other recyclable materials in the ruins of houses gutted by fire in Taguig, Manila. A fire gutted several houses rendering more than 300 families homeless. No one was reported injured in the fire that affected more than a thousand people at a poor neighbourhood of Taguig. Photo: Reuters

Residents retrieve bottled soda from the ruins of houses gutted by fire in Taguig, Manila. A fire gutted several houses rendering more than 300 families homeless. No one was reported injured in the fire that affected more than a thousand people at a poor neighbourhood of Taguig. Photo: Reuters

Fire victims look at other residents sifting through the debris at Taguig city, Manila, Philippines, hours after a fire gutted several houses rendering more than 300 families homeless. No one was reported injured in the fire that affected more than a thousand people at a poor neighbourhood of Taguig. Photo: AP

Fire victims save scrap metals and other items at Taguig city, east of Manila, Philippines, hours after a fire gutted several houses rendering more than 300 families homeless. No one was reported injured in the fire that affected more than a thousand people at a poor neighbourhood of Taguig. Photo: AP

Residents sift through the debris at Taguig city, east of Manila, Philippines, hours after a fire gutted several houses rendering more than 300 families homeless. No one was reported injured in the fire that affected more than a thousand people at a poor neighbourhood of Taguig. Photo: AP

A man sifts through the ruins of gutted houses after a fire in Taguig, Manila. A fire gutted several houses rendering more than 300 families homeless. No one was reported injured in the fire that affected more than a thousand people at a poor neighbourhood of Taguig. Photo: Reuters