Locals scramble for pieces of copper wire as fire ravages their homes

Published date: Fri, 08 Aug 2025 15:20:36 +0700

This is the chaotic moment residents rushed to collect copper wire to sell after a fire tore through their slum homes.

Struggling locals scooped up the debris from fallen electric poles, with the pieces of scrap able to fetch up to 9 USD per kg at junk shops.

	Manila, Philippines
	06/08/2025
	ViralPress/Mcbida
	VRP169227
	Duration: 03:02
	Rating: News safe
	philippines manila fire copper wire looting scrap metal poverty electric poles junk shops residents debris authorities homeless temporary shelters explosion injuries august 6 blaze electric company apartments

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