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A resident uses a bucket of water to extinguish a fire that burned down around one hundred houses at a slum area in Manila
01 Jan 2008
Source: Reuters
 
A resident uses a bucket of water to extinguish a fire that burned down around one hundred houses at a slum area in Manila January 1, 2008. About one hundred houses made of light materials and some commercial warehouses were destroyed in a fire leaving hundreds of families homeless as the New Year starts. REUTERS/ Cheryl Ravelo (PHILIPPINES)
REUTERS/CHERYL RAVELO


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