00:00Six residents were killed in a fire that erupted in a residential building in Sampaloc, Manila.
00:06An investigation is underway into the cause of the fire, the Christmas lights.
00:11This is Vona Quino.
00:16It was a stressful early morning when three residential buildings in Sampaloc, Manila caught fire.
00:22When I woke up, there was a lot of smoke.
00:24When I lay down, there was a lot of help.
00:29When we went down, the road was hot.
00:33There were explosions.
00:36According to the Manila Fire District, it was difficult to enter the area because the road was narrow.
00:41We had to climb up to suppress the fire.
00:45This is the entrance, exit, and the entrance to the building.
00:51This is how narrow the road to the burned residential area is.
00:55According to Adelaida Pili, one of the owners of the burned house,
00:59they have been living there since the 1970s.
01:02But when different structures were built near the road, their road slowly shrank outward.
01:09In the first investigation, the fire started in the first floor, which reached the second alarm.
01:16They are still confirming if there really is a Christmas light inside.
01:20Probably, they are looking at the electrical system.
01:24In the last four days, the fire was completely extinguished.
01:28When the sun rose, the bodies of the six residents in the area were taken out one by one.
01:33The DFP identified the burned bodies of their relatives.
01:38When they saw the body of Ricardo Lopez, his wife, Laila, and their son, Jillian, 9 years old.
01:46The three of them went inside.
01:48My sister and my nephew went inside.
01:53They went inside the house.
01:57Maybe because they wanted to go out, they went inside the house.
02:02They still celebrated their brother's birthday last week.
02:0682-year-old Gulang, the owner of the house,
02:10and his father were with him on the third floor.
02:13They went up to the fourth floor.
02:15Maybe they were looking for a place to pass through.
02:18Because there's a secret passage that goes to the other side of my house.
02:22But maybe they got lost.
02:25That's why they ended up on the fourth floor.
02:2813 families were affected and are temporarily staying in Laonglan Elementary School.
02:33My heart is breaking.
02:35I'm still celebrating Christmas.
02:37I feel like I'm going crazy.
02:40It's too much.
02:41They were helped financially by the Manila LGU.
02:45For GMA Integrated News, Vonna Quino, Nakatuto, 24 Hours.
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