Devastating fire turns Philippine shanty town into towering inferno

Still think you had a bad day? think again after you see this

A huge fire sweeping through a shantytown outside the Philippine capital has left around 7,000 people homeless and destroyed at least 300 houses.

Firefighters in Manila were tackling the intense fires which razed homes to the ground in Quezon city on Sunday afternoon.

Fuelled by strong winds and scorching temperatures, the fire spread rapidly throughout the slums

Desperately wading through neck-high sludge surrounded by trash, rubble and filth, a pair of homeless Filipino men begin the search for their belongings hours after a catastrophic fire savaged hundreds of shanty town houses.

Via dailymail.co.uk