A 7-year-old boy died in a fire that struck a community of informal settlers at Barangay Commonwealth, Quezon City on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n
Quezon City fire marshal, Senior Supt. Jaime Ramirez, said that Jaren Repangcol was the city\u2019s first fire casualty for the year.<\/p>\n
Around 50 families were displaced by the blaze that started in the boy\u2019s two-story house on Litex Road at 3:55 a.m. Authorities estimated the damage to property at around P250,000.<\/p>\n
The fire reached the third alarm before it was put out around 5:30 a.m.<\/p>\n
SFO3 Ronald Vale\u00f1a of the city\u2019s fire department said that Repangcol and his 6-year-old brother were asleep when the blaze started in their house that was made of light materials.<\/p>\n
Vale\u00f1a told the Inquirer that at that time, the boys\u2019 parents were at a dump near the Payatas area.<\/p>\n
While Repangcol\u2019s younger brother managed to get out of their burning house, the victim was not as lucky.<\/p>\n
Vale\u00f1a said the fire might have been caused by an electrical short circuit.<\/p>\n
The victim\u2019s aunt, Maricar Repangcol, said that there had been a brownout before the fire.<\/p>\n
When power was restored, a large explosion was heard followed by sparks inside the victim\u2019s house, she said.<\/p>\n
On Monday evening, another fire razed 60 houses in a residential area at Barangay Talayan Riverside, Vale\u00f1a said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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