ILOILO City – Fire hit a residential area at Zone 1 in Barangay Bo. Obrero, Lapuz district.
Properties worth about P30,000 went up in smoke, including a house owned by resident Thomas Barrel, which was totally damaged.
Two other houses were partially destroyed.
The blaze began at around 10:35 a.m. on Dec. 27.
A “fire out” was declared at around 11:03 a.m.
Fire investigators have yet to determine the cause of the blaze as of this writing./PN