Fire breaks out in a residential area of Manila, Philippines

A huge fire has broken out in the Philippines capital of Manila on Sunday. Manila Fire District said around 1,000 houses were burned in the blaze that is thought to have started on the second floor of one of the homes. There were no immediate reports of casualties.

Drone footage shared online by the city's disaster agency showed houses in Isla Puting Bato village of Manila razed to the ground. The structures housed around 2,000 families, according to the fire department. Fire and disaster services deployed 36 trucks and four fire boats while the country's airforce sent in two helicopters to help extinguish the fire.