Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, September 5) — A 14-year-old girl died in a fire that razed her home in Barangay Pulang Lupa Dos, Las Piñas City on Sunday morning, the Bureau of Fire Protection said.
The fire, which was reported shortly before 8 a.m., was put out after an hour, according to the BFP-National Capital Region.
Its report stated that the blaze started in a bedroom on the ground floor of the two-storey house in Camella 5. The father of the victim said the girl was on the second floor.
He told CNN Philippines that he was out to bring the victims’ three siblings to a vaccination site when the fire started.
The incident caused structural damage estimated at ₱380,000. Its cause is still being investigated.
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