A 79-year-old man and his 47-year-old son died of suffocation while hundreds were left homeless in two separate fire incidents that hit Manila on Friday.

At 3:53 p.m., fire struck the house of Bobby Fernandez along Camia Street in Malate. The blaze spread to 125 houses occupied by 250 families, including the victims Abelardo Salonga and his son Jimmy.

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