3 killed in pre-dawn Quezon City fire on Sunday

Two children were among those killed in a fire that razed a residential commercial establishment in Barangay Pasong Tamo, Quezon City early Sunday morning.

According to Bam Alegre’s report on “24 Oras Weekend,” the third fatality was an employee of the LPG store at the ground floor of the two-storey structure.

The fire began shortly before 4 a.m. Sunday and reached the first alarm. Firefighters were able to put out the blaze in less than an hour, but three houses were affected by the fire.

Authorities later recovered the remains of the two children aged 10 and 11 and the employee. One of the victims died of suffocation.

A relative of the victims alleged that the employee and the children’s father had a quarrel prior to the fire.

The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) is investigating the cause of the blaze and the damage to property as a result of the fire. — JMA, GMA News