THREE people were trapped in the fire, and all of them died in a two-hour blaze that engulfed a residential area in the Molo District before dawn on Saturday, December 16, according to the police.
Based on the initial police investigation, the fire started at around 4:42 in the morning, around 50 houses in Zone 3, Barangay Habog-Habog Salvacion, as reported by the City Social Welfare and Development Office.
Most of the houses were made of light materials, contributing to the rapid spread of the fire.
The fire reached the fourth alarm at 5:02 in the morning, according to the Bureau of Fire Protection.
The BFP reported that the fire was under control at 5:53 in the morning and declared fire out at 6:59 in the morning, according to the Iloilo City Operations Center.
An ongoing investigation is being conducted to determine the cause of the fire.
