Fire displaces 201 residents in Bacolod City

BACOLOD CITY --- A fire on Saturday night displaced at least 201 individuals or 63 families in a densely populated area in Purok Tangkong, Barangay 7, in this city. The Mayor's Office reported that 38 houses were destroyed and two others were damaged. Chief Inspector Stephen Jardeleza, Bacolod Fire Marshal, said the fire started from the house of Frederico Lumayno, who was cooking his food on a butane stove. Lumayno admitted that he forgot that he was cooking and left to go to a wake, Jardeleza added. He started cooking at past 7 p.m. and the Bureau of Fire Protection received the fire call at 9:48 p.m., Jardeleza said. The houses in the squatter area were made of ligh...Keep on reading: Fire displaces 201 residents in Bacolod City

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