Personnel of Coast Guard Sub Station Isabela, together with personnel from K9, Bureau of Fire Protection, and City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (CDRRMO) rendered assistance to the fire victims of Brgy Diki, Malamawi Island in Isabela City, Basilan yesterday, July 30.

Fire marshals from Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said that it took them two (2) hours before they finally declared that the fire was out. The fire destroyed more than two hundred (200) houses. One thousand (1,000) families were affected by the said mishap.

Meanwhile, the BFP is still conducting an investigation to determine the cause of the fire incident.