Manila, Dec 17 Two people died and five others were injured after fire engulfed a truck and a bus parked alongside each other at a transport terminal in the Philippine capital region on Sunday, the Bureau of Fire Protection said.
The bureau added that the fire broke out past 9 a.m. local time at a terminal in Marikina City and quickly spread a few minutes later. Firefighters extinguished the blaze less than an hour later, Xinhua news agency reported.
The bureau has launched an investigation to determine the cause of the deadly fire.
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