20160628 Philippines Ex-general’s wife, daughter die in fire
Philippines Jun 27 2016 “Houses”
Dead : dead 1 to 4 Burnout : 1 to 29 Injured : injured 0 or unknown
Ex-general’s wife, daughter die in fire
Updated: 2016-06-28-00:00
A firefighter trains a hose to put out a fire that gutted the house of retired general Ismael Rafanan in Barangay Batasan Hills, Quezon City yesterday.
The wife and daughter of retired police general Ismael Rafanan were found dead after a fire broke out at their home in Barangay Batasan Hills, Quezon City yesterday morning.
Meril, 69, and Stharra, 27, died of suffocation, said city fire marshal Superintendent Jesus Fernandez.
Their charred remains were found by firefighters in their respective bedrooms on the second floor of the two-story house in Capitol Estate II after the fire was put out around 30 minutes after it started just before 8 a.m.
The housemaid told police that she heard an explosion coming from the master’s bedroom, where Meril was sleeping, prompting her to run out of the house and seek assistance from the subdivision’s security officers.
Fernandez said the blaze started in the ceiling of bedroom where Meril was sleeping.
Fire officials are looking at electrical short circuit as the cause of the fire but it is still under further investigation.
The fire, which reached the third alarm, caused around P1 million in damages, Fernandez said.
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