Elderly couple die in house fire

It’s a tragedy that could have been avoided.

“On Saturday morning, May 3, 78-year-old Severino and 72-year-old Clara Macabinquil died in a fire that struck their home along No. 25 Odonel Street in Barangay Holy Spirit, Quezon City,” reports Philstar.com.

The couple was found lifeless in their room. Meanwhile, a relative who was staying with them, who was only identified as a 25-year-old woman named Dalia, was rushed to the hospital for burn wounds.

The investigation revealed that the fire started from an unattended lit candle.




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