4-year-old child dies in Pasig City fire

A four-year-old boy died in a fire that hit a residential area in Barangay Pinagbuhatan, Pasig City on Saturday.

The child was trapped on the second floor of their house at PUPHA Compound, according to a report by Carlo Mateo on Dobol B TV.

The fire started at 2:22 a.m. and quickly spread in the affected house and the one beside it. Both houses were made of light materials.

The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Pasig City declared fire out at 2:46 a.m.

Two houses were burned and five families were affected in the incident, the BFP said.

Neighbors lit candles in front of the child's house to remember his passing. —KG, GMA Integrated News