Four dead in fire that hit residential area in Pasay

Four people died and two were injured in a fire that hit a residential area in Barangay 177 in Malibay, Pasay City on Saturday morning.

Initially, two were reported dead and one was missing, according to Senior Fire Officer 1 Resmond Germino, chief public information officer of the Pasay City Fire Station, in an interview on Dobol B TV.

However at past 10 a.m., Germino said four bodies were already retrieved: a mother, her 7-year-old son, 14-year-old "pamangkin", and her brother-in-law, according to a report by GMA Integrated News' Bea Pinlac.

Two residents had minor injuries — one, a first-degree burn, and the other sustained a wound on the feet, Germino added.

The fire broke out before dawn in a row of houses on Esteban Street near the creek and what residents call Flores Tulay, according to a report by Mao dela Cruz on Dobol B TV.

It quickly spread as the houses were made of light materials.

The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) raised the third alarm as the fire grew.

PANOORIN: Under control na ang sunog na sumiklab sa isang residential area sa Barangay 177, Malibay, Pasay City. Umabot sa third alarm ang sunog. | via Bea Pinlac/GMA Integrated News pic.twitter.com/cQfPxmp8bJ

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The fire was eventually placed under control, then fire out was declared at 7:23 a.m.

BFP investigators are still determining the cause of the fire and estimated amount of property damage. —KG, GMA Integrated News