A day after a fire burned the Santo Niño de Pandacan Parish in Manila, authorities are still looking for the centuries-old image of the Child Jesus after it went missing following the hour-long fire.
Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso told reporters after visiting the burned church that it is his personal priority to locate the image.
“‘Yun muna [That’s the first thing]. Then next step, how are we going to participate as a citizen—not as a mayor but as a community member—to revive the church in our own little way,” he added. The fire that reportedly started at 1:05 p.m. on the convent’s second floor reached third alarm by 1:19 p.m.The altar and the benches inside the parish were burned, while the image of the Black Nazarene and those of the saints were charred.“Nakita sa loob na talagang ang [materials] nito ay gawa sa kahoy. Ang kisame gawa sa kahoy. Kaya di makakaila na pagdating ng bumbero natin malaki na ‘yung apoy [Most of the materials were made of wood. Even the ceiling is made of wood.
The image of the Santo Niño, a child Jesus, is important to residents of Pandacan whom they honor every third Saturday of January through the Buling-Buling Festival.
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