MANILA: A huge fire chased hundreds of Philippine inmates out of their cells and razed a sprawling shantytown near a Manila prison, leaving thousands of residents homeless, authorities said.
About 500 handcuffed female prisoners were evacuated from Manila City Jail and moved on a temporary basis to a nearby chapel, as towering flames from the burning homes licked the jail’s exterior walls, said national prison bureau official Superintendent Carolina Borrinaga.
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