ILOILO City – Properties estimated to be worth P1 million went up in smoke after fire charred a house in Barangay Bongol San Vicente, Guimbal, Iloilo.
The blaze totally gutted the residence of the 76-year-old Rodolfo Garalda Rodolfo Garcia around 2 p.m. on Feb. 20, a police report showed. He also sustained burns on the shoulder.
Arson investigators are looking into short-circuit coming from an electric fan as the cause of the incident./PN