Fire razes Arevalo house

An arson investigator inspects the living room of a fire-hit house owned by the Majometano family in Barangay Sooc, Arevalo, Iloilo city on Jan. 5. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN
An arson investigator inspects the living room of a fire-hit house owned by the Majometano family in Barangay Sooc, Arevalo, Iloilo city on Jan. 5. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

ILOILO City – Fire razed a house in Project 5, Barangay Sooc, Arevalo district.

Tuesday’s blaze started in the living area of the Majometano family at around 9:45 a.m.

Bureau of Fire Protection firefighters augmented by local residents placed it under control after almost an hour.

A “fire out” was declared at around 11 a.m. after a mopping up operation.

The estimated cost of damage reached at P5,000.

Arson investigators said the fire was caused by faulty electrical connections./PN 

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