Two children died of suffocation during a fire that broke out Wednesday morning in a residential area in Gagalangin, Tondo, Manila, authorities said.
The Bureau of Fire Protection-Manila identified the fatalities as Aliyah, 9, and Anastacia Morales, 1.
Initial investigation showed the fire started at a three-story residential house owned by a certain Marina Sia on Gagalangin, Tondo, at around 9 a.m.
The fire reached first alarm at 9:31 a.m. and was declared out at 9:39 a.m.
Damage to property was pegged at P30,000
The cause of fire is still under investigation. (Erma Edera)
