MANILA, May 31 (NNN-PNA) – Two teenage girls and a young boy were killed in a house fire, in Bulacan province, north of Manila, authorities said, today.
Rosario Mariano, chief of the Bulakan Municipal Disaster Reduction and Management Office, said the victims, a 16-year-old girl, her toddler brother, and their 15-year-old cousin, died, after a fire broke out at their grandmother’s house, past 1.00 p.m. local time, yesterday.
Mariano said, the three victims were napping in a room, when the fire broke out. Another child of the family, who was also sleeping, ran out of the burning room to safety.
Firefighters extinguished the blaze less than 30 minutes later.
Mariano said, the bodies of the three were charred when rescuers arrived at the house. The room’s only window was reportedly too small for the children to escape.
An initial investigation identified faulty wiring from an overused electric fan as the cause of the fire.– NNN-PNA
