A fire in Sitio Lomar, Barangay T. Padilla in Cebu City Thursday afternoon totally razed four houses, leaving four families homeless,.
Fire Officer 2 Antonio Gonsales, told ABS-CBN that faulty electrical wiring caused the fire which started at the room of Evangeline Cantos.
Initial investigation revealed that an air conditioning unit and a refrigerator were constantly plugged in which led to a power overload.
"Wala na rehabilitate ning mga wires ani nila. Very old ang ilang wirings. (The wires were not rehabilitated and are very old)," says Gonsales.
Mr. Greg Cantos, one of the victims, said his daughter’s room was full of appliances which were always plugged in.
The fire spread to the houses of Arthur Cantos, Tomas Cantos and John Roseima. The fire reached 3rd alarm
P420,000 worth of properties were totally burned. There were no casualties reported during the fire.
After the incident, the victims were left with nothing, not even help from the local government.
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