00:00Until now, it seems like a bad omen for the Balisno family of Tondo, Manila.
00:10Six of their family members, including two children and a pregnant woman,
00:17were in the scene of the fire in Barangay 25, Zone 2 in Tondo.
00:23Within 30 minutes, the family members were burned alive.
00:31It hurts. It really hurts.
00:36Not a single child was left behind.
00:42No one was left behind.
00:46I told my children, my grandchildren,
00:48I will be the first one to die, not you.
00:51Why did you come first to me?
00:55In the video captured by the neighbors of the victims,
00:58you can still hear the grandfather's plea to one of the victims.
01:07Behind me now is the house of the Balisno family that was burned.
01:10Here, on the second floor of their house, the fire started.
01:14All six victims were trapped in the third floor.
01:18The youngest of the victims is six months old,
01:21and the other child is only two years old.
01:26The four-month-old child was also burned alive.
01:31My children hugged my grandchildren so that they wouldn't get hurt.
01:39They hugged each other. They hugged each other as a family.
01:43One of my grandchildren also hugged each other,
01:48but they wanted to get out, but they couldn't.
01:53Eleven people were left inside the house,
01:56and the others were fortunate to be saved
01:59because they were able to sleep on the first floor of the house.
02:04Two people were injured in the fire,
02:07as well as one of their children who slept on the fourth floor.
02:11The fire broke out on the second floor of the house,
02:14but it exploded from the rooftop.
02:17Based on the initial investigation,
02:19the fire broke out on the second floor of the house.
02:23According to the survivors,
02:25there were mattresses, curtains, and backpacks
02:29on the second floor where the fire started,
02:33which was the reason for the rapid spread of the fire.
02:38The house and the family were all affected by the fire.
02:41Now, the survivors are being forced to get up from the tragedy
02:47and say goodbye to Refuentes for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.
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