A man salvages his belongings after a raging fire engulfed around 2,000 houses in Quezon city, metro Manila January 1, 2015. At least eight people, including a seven year-old child, died and thousands were displaced after a fire broke out in different locations in metro Manila as the New Year kicked off, local media reported. (Photo by Romeo Ranoco/Reuters)

Firefighters douse water as they try to put out a raging fire that engulfed around 2,000 houses in Quezon city, metro Manila January 1, 2015. (Photo by Romeo Ranoco/Reuters)

Fire victims sift through the ruins of their homes gutted by a fire at a slum colony in Quezon city, Metro Manila January 1, 2015. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)

A boy looks at houses gutted by a fire from a partially damaged house at a slum colony in Quezon city, Metro Manila January 1, 2015. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)

Residents recover copper from electric wires destroyed by a fire at a slum colony in Quezon city, Metro Manila January 1, 2015. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)

A man douses himself with a bucket of water outside the remains of his house gutted by a fire at a slum colony in Quezon city, Metro Manila January 1, 2015. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)

Residents recover copper from electric wires destroyed by a fire at a slum colony in Quezon city, Metro Manila January 1, 2015. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)

A fireman and a resident sift through the ruins of houses gutted by a fire behind the remains of electric meters, at a slum colony in Quezon city, Metro Manila January 1, 2015. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)

A man looks out from a veranda overlooking houses destroyed by a fire at a slum colony in Quezon city, Metro Manila January 1, 2015. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)

The remains of houses gutted by a fire are pictured at a slum colony in Quezon city, Metro Manila January 1, 2015. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)

Residents recover copper from electric wires destroyed by a fire at a slum colony in Quezon city, Metro Manila January 1, 2015. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)

Residents whose houses were gutted by a fire gather on a road at a slum colony in Quezon city, Metro Manila January 1, 2015. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)

Residents look at a charred body killed by a fire at a slum colony in Quezon city, Metro Manila January 1, 2015. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)

A man walks past a row of the remains of houses gutted by a fire at a slum colony in Quezon city, Metro Manila January 1, 2015. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)

A man weeps outside his house gutted by a fire, at a slum colony in Quezon city, Metro Manila January 1, 2015. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)

A man wearing a makeshift hood and a sunglasses looks out from a veranda overlooking remains of houses gutted by a fire at a slum colony in Quezon city, Metro Manila January 1, 2015. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)

Residents recover copper from electric wires destroyed by a fire at a slum colony in Quezon city, Metro Manila January 1, 2015. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)

The charred remains of an electric post and a transformer lie on a road littered with debris after a fire at a slum colony in Quezon city, Metro Manila January 1, 2015. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)