A fireman gives a hand signal to fellow firefighters as a shopping centre burns at the University of the Philippines campus in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, March 8, 2018. REUTERS/Erik De Castro
MANILA (Reuters) - One scorching afternoon this month, inhabitants of a slum in the Philippine capital frantically hurled buckets of water to try to save their homes from a raging fire.
Six hours later, their efforts proved to no avail.
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