URDANETA CITY, Pangasinan – Six people, including two 11-year-old girls, were killed in a fire that broke out in Zone 2, Barangay Nancayasan, this city, before dawn on Monday, April 20.
The Bureau of Fire Protection-Urdaneta reported that two houses were destroyed—one owned by a woman living abroad and the other by a 63-year-old man.
Authorities said the fire started at around 2 a.m. in the kitchen of one of the houses.
It quickly spread and trapped the victims, whose bodies were recovered during mopping-up operations.
The blaze was declared extinguished at 4:49 a.m.
Arson investigators have yet to determine the cause of the fire and the extent of property damage. (Liezle Basa Iñigo)
