{"id":18905,"date":"2026-02-27T11:45:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T03:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/?p=18905"},"modified":"2026-02-27T11:45:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T03:45:38","slug":"intramuros-fire-allegedly-triggered-by-jealousy-leaves-senior-citizen-pwd-dead-hundreds-of-families-homeless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/2026\/02\/27\/intramuros-fire-allegedly-triggered-by-jealousy-leaves-senior-citizen-pwd-dead-hundreds-of-families-homeless\/","title":{"rendered":"INTRAMUROS FIRE ALLEGEDLY TRIGGERED BY JEALOUSY LEAVES SENIOR CITIZEN, PWD DEAD; HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES HOMELESS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A FIRE allegedly started by a jealous husband on Wednesday left two people dead and around 600 families homeless in Intramuros, Manila<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Authorities said the victims were a senior citizen who suffered from a heart attack and a person with disability.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The fire,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>which hit a densely populated Maisan area at the corner of Cabildo and Anda Streets in Intramuros, <\/strong><strong>was first reported at around 5 p.m. on Wednesday and was raised to \u00a04th alarm.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Firefighters responded and contained the blaze, which was declared fire out at around 11:30 p.m..<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"366\" data-end=\"474\"><strong>The fire, which lasted for more than six hours, destroyed at least 300 houses.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>An investigation showed the blaze was started by an ex-convict identified only as alias \u201cBurnok.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Police reports indicate that the suspect, who was recently released from detention, got jealous \u00a0after discovering his with another man. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The suspect allegedly got gasoline from his father\u2019s truck, doused his fourth-floor home, and set it ablaze.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0T<\/strong><strong>he fire quickly spread to adjacent houses made of light materials.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Enraged neighbors reportedly attacked the suspect before police intervened and took him into custody.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Meanwhile, the affected families sought shelter at the Delpan Sports Complex, while San Agustin Church set up tents to provide hot meals and emergency aid.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The city government assured that affected residents would receive immediate assistance. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A FIRE allegedly started by a jealous husband on Wednesday left two people dead and around 600 families homeless in Intramuros, Manila Authorities said the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18906,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18905"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18905"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18907,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18905\/revisions\/18907"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}