FIRE hit a residential area near Malacanang, injuring two persons, affecting 250 families and destroying about P2 million worth of property on Wednesday, police said.

Supt. Roel Diaz of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) identified the victims as Efren Orantes and Melvin Romana. They sustained minor injuries in the blaze that started at 3:29 a.m. in a house in San Miguel, Manila where its occupants used a lighted candle.

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