Two fires blazed through residential areas in Tondo and Port Area, Manila City early Wednesday morning.

The Bureau of Fire Protection ? National Capital Region (BFP-NCR) reported that the first fire broke out in a residential area made of light materials in Port Area around 12:03am.

The fire reached first and second alarm at 12:04 am and rose to fifth alarm at 12:16am.

Task Force Alpha was declared at 12:24am and the fire was put under control by 5:39am before fire out at 6:59am.

Initial investigation estimated 200 houses burnt down , with 300 families affected.

The second fire broke out at JV Pas Compound in Barangay 123, Tondo reaching the first alarm at 1:56am.It climbed to Task Force Charlie at 3:32am.

BFP-NCR declared the fire under control at 7:09 am and put out at 11:05am.

Five hundred houses occupied by 1,500 families were affected by the blaze.

A male resident was injured in the Tondo fire after his foot got caught in a wire after he jumped out the window of his house.a fire.

The cause of fire and estimated cost of property damage for both fire incidents are still under investigation. Yzabela Velez-White/DMS