MANILA, Nov 23 (NNN-PNA) – Four children, including an 11-month-old baby boy, died, and two others were injured in a fire, that hit a residential area in Cebu City in the central Philippines early today, authorities said.
The Cebu City Command Centre said, the fire broke out at 5:51 a.m. local time. Firefighters declared the fire was put out around 6:15 a.m.
An uncle of the children told authorities that, the four victims, aged 11, six, one and 11 months, were asleep and trapped on their house’s second floor. Those injured were a 30-year-old woman and a 31-year-old man, also family members.
Authorities said, at least seven houses were gutted in the fire.
An investigation is underway to determine the cause of the fire.– NNN-PNA
