MANILA, Philippines — The Paranaque City government said that it will distribute a “starting kit” of construction materials to residents of the shanty community displaced by last Saturday’s plane crash which burned their homes.

Mayor Florencio Bernabe said the starter kit to be distributed includes basic construction materials such as pots, galvanized sheet and plywood.

Bernabe said that the city government is working to distribute the construction materials anytime this week so those displaced by the fire would not be homeless during Christmas.

The mayor said the families who lost their homes in the fire caused by the plane crash were evacuated to the Annex 35 covered gym on John St., Better Living Subdivision, Don Bosco, Paranaque City.

Bernabe said the city government is looking for an “interim budget” to shoulder the cost of medical treatment of those injured, but they may ask the owner of the ill-fated plane, Innovators Technology, Inc., to eventually pay for the hospitalization costs.

He said the Paranaque government’s legal department is looking into the liabilities of the owner of plane for the crash and the damage it caused.

The mayor said that the government plans to summon the owners of the aircraft and discuss payment for the damages.

The light cargo plane crashed in a populated area in Paranaque, causing a fire that damaged a public elementary school and several shanties in the area.

Meanwhile, Island Transvoyager, Inc., Monday clarified that it was not the owner of the plane that crashed in Paranaque.

The mayor said that classes at F. Serrano Elementary School have been suspended and will resume on January 3. But classes for some of the 3,700 students of the school could be held at the Mary Help Christian Church covered court in Barangay Don Bosco.

The school may have to be demolished and totally rebuilt at a cost of P60-million.