The damage to property was pegged at PHP5 million, but the loss of one life is too much to bear.
“On Wednesday, May 7, Joseph Ng, 70, died when a fire razed the 6-storey Chua-Lim-Co building in Sto. Cristo Street in Divisoria, Manila,” reports dzMM correspondents Noel Alamar and Zhander Cayabyab on ABS-CBNnews.com.
The fire had started sometime around 1pm and was declared under control around 2pm.
According to Fire Marshall Jaime Ramirez, Ng had gotten trapped inside a room in the fifth floor of the burning building. His hands also bore wounds from shards of glass that had shattered from the heat.
