The Office of the Vice President Disaster Operations Center (OVP-DOC) immediately responded to our countrymen affected by the fire in Barangay Kasanyangan in Zamboanga City last Tuesday.
With help from the OVP Zamboanga Satellite Office, Zamboanga City Social Welfare and Development Office, and the Zamboanga City Task Force, more than 409 families or 1,740 individuals were given relief packs containing essential items such as sleeping mats/blankets, mosquito nets, alcohol, slippers, face masks and others.
In the latest OVP-DOC report, two people died and 256 houses were razed by the fire in Zamboanga City.