A FIRE of still undeter-mined origin gobbled up a community in Macabalan, this city, on Sunday afternoon, injuring a woman and leaving about 80 people homeless. Fire investigators identified the injured as Bernadette Palmere, 62, who sustained cuts at the height of the fire in Macabalan. Investigators said the fire razed 15 houses, mostly of light materials, and rendered about 80 people homeless. Resident Toto Beja told fire investigators that the fire started at the second floor of their house past 12 Sunday noon. Investigators are still determining the cause of the fire and placed the structural damages at about P500,000. Fire investigators declared a “fire out”at around 4 pm. The city’s welfare officials have started to extend assistance to the fire victims who have moved to the village evacuation center. (pna)