Mother, child perish in Manila fire

A mother and her child perished in a fire that hit a house in Sta. Cruz, Manila, on Wednesday morning, according to Jonathan Andal's report on Unang Balita.

A witness said she saw the victims trying to get out of their burning house through their window.

Neighbors said they heard loud explosions inside the victims' house before the fire erupted. The victims, they said, were just tenants in the house.

The fire reached second alarm before it was put out.

The Bureau of Fire Protection is investigating the cause of the fire.  —KBK, GMA News