A couple and their 13-year-old daughter were burned to death after a fire razed their house in Barangay Gusa, Cagayan de Oro City shortly before midnight on Monday, October 20, 2025.

CCTV footage showed the fire broke out inside the victims’ house and reportedly trapped the couple and their daughter.

“Wala sila kagawas kay ila man ga lock-an ilang balay kung gabie na diha ra sila matulog sa kilid naay katre nila diha. Dili na ma sakaan ang taas kay gabok na mga kahoy,” the victims’ neighbor, Joven Labunos, said.

According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the fire may have spread quickly because the second floor of the house was made of light materials.

There were also piles of cloth inside the house since the male victim worked as a tailor.

Authorities added that the house had also been without electricity for quite some time.

“Pag abot namo sa area, ang balay fully engulfed na gyud sa kalayo since gabie siya nahitabo late na gyud ang call nga na-receive namo,” Lapasan Fire Station Chief, Fire Inspector, Louis Roy Solamo, said.

BFP personnel retrieved the victims’ bodies after putting the fire out.

Investigators are still looking into the cause, as of this writing.