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Children look for salvageable materials while submerged in water filled with charred items and ash after

Children look for salvageable materials while submerged in water filled with charred items and ash after a fire gutted a sprawling shanty town in Malabon, part of Metro Manila, shortly before midnight on August 7, 2010. Firemen failed to save the more than 300 homes which went up in flames, as officials investigate the blaze in which no one was hurt.

Children look for salvageable materials while submerged in water filled with charred items and ash after a fire gutted a sprawling shanty town in Malabon

A boy holds recyclable items as he searches through debris in water after a fire in a slum in Malabon City in Metro Manila August 7, 2010. Some 300 houses were damaged in Friday's fire, which was finally extinguished on Saturday, leaving 600 families homeless. While authorities are still investigating the cause, firefighters had a hard time going to the area due to roadworks and flooding, Malabon Fire Station Chief Investigator Alvin Torres said.

A boy holds recyclable items as he searches through debris in water

Children look for salvageable materials while submerged in water filled with charred items and ash after a fire gutted a sprawling shanty town in Malabon, part of Metro Manila, shortly before midnight on August 7, 2010. Firemen failed to save the more than 300 homes which went up in flames, as officials investigate the blaze in which no one was hurt.