Philippines blaze leaves 1,500 families homeless

AFilipino man and his pig swim to safety after a fire which left 1,500 families homeless.The six-hour blaze in the coastal city of Navotas, near Manila, killed a woman and her two children. Another woman drowned after jumping into the sea to escape.Firemen said the blaze quickly spread to a plastic factory in the shanty town after a petrol container next to a stove ignited.Most people store petrol in their homes to use in their fishing boats.