20130101 Philippines Woman dies in New Year’s Day fire in Tondo
Philippines Dec 31 2012 “Building” “Houses”
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Woman dies in New Year’s Day fire in Tondo
Updated: 2013-01-02-06:46
A woman died in a fire that razed a residential area in Manila’s Tondo district shortly after noon Tuesday.
The woman was found in the third floor of the house at the Prudencio St. area in Tondo, radio dzBB reported early Wednesday.
Investigators were quoted in the report as saying the woman could have been trapped. The report described the woman as 43 years old.
An initial investigation showed the fire started at 12:54 p.m. at a house along Prudencio Street, and spread quickly to seven other houses.
But the report said investigators are also verifying information the fire started when someone threw a firecracker into one of the houses shortly before the fire started. — ELR, GMA News
Web Source: GMA News Online