The Bacolod City government has provided assistance to 51 families with 137 members whose houses were destroyed in two fires Wednesday, City Social Welfare Officer Pacita Tero said Thursday, September 1.
Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez also visited the fire victims, some of whom are housed at the Villamonte gym.
Food assistance, hygiene kits, mats, pillows, and blankets were provided to the affected families, and financial assistance is being processed, Tero said.
Families whose houses were destroyed will received P10,000 each, while those with damaged houses will be given P5,000 each, she said. House sharer families will receive P3,000 each, she added.
She said 14 houses were destroyed in Purok Amor, Lopez Jaena Street, Brgy. Villamonte affecting 48 families with 130 members.
Eighteen families are still at the Villamonte gym while others are staying with relatives, Tero said.
One house was destroyed and one was damaged at Purok Macapina, Brgy 6, affecting three families with seven members, she added.
The two fires were triggered by electrical short circuits, Chief Inspector Rodel Legaspi, Bacolod fire marshal, said.*