A fire in a residential area in Barangay 177 in Pasay City leaves four dead and two injured on Saturday morning, Feb. 15, 2025. (Photo from the BFP)
MANILA, Philippines 鈥� Four fatalities and two injuries were recorded by the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) after a blaze hit a residential area in Pasay City on Saturday morning (February 15).
According to the BFP report, responders were first called at around 4:31 a.m. to the scene along Esteban Street in Barangay 177.
The fire reached the first alarm at 4:35 a.m., the second at 4:41 a.m. and the third at 4:58 a.m.
The blaze was put under control by 6:10 a.m. and was extinguished by 7:23 a.m.
The four fatalities were a seven-year-old boy, a 14-year-old male, a 34-year-old female and a 40-year-old male.
Meanwhile, injuries were sustained by an 18-year-old male who had a two-inch laceration on his right foot; and a 58-year-old female who suffered a minor burn on her right hand.
The fire originated from a three-story residential building, spreading to around 35 houses and causing an estimated damage of P1.2 million, according to the BFP.
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The cause of the blaze remains under investigation, the fire bureau said.
Sixteen BFP fire trucks, 25 fire volunteer trucks and one BFP ambulance responded to the incident.