A 30-minute fire that broke out at Almanza Uno in Las Pinas city on Monday afternoon claimed the lives of 2 women.
Mother and daughter Daisy Sarmiento, 72 and daughter Janette, 32 perished inside their house Champaca Street, Castillo Subdivision, Barangay Almanza Uno. According to the Inquirer, the fire took place at 2:30 in the afternoon.
In a separate incident, at least 20 families lost their homes while P1 million in property was destroyed in a pre-dawn fire in Quezon City on Tuesday.
GMA News reported that the fire reached the fifth alarm before firefighters managed to put it out at 4:32 a.m. The fire spread to 10 houses as they were mostly made of light materials.
