00:00In the middle of the happy celebration of the Chinese New Year,
00:04a condominium was burned down in Binondo, Manila.
00:08In a bad omen, two households,
00:11who were sleeping soundly at that time,
00:14were not able to come out alive.
00:17Jomer Apresto was there.
00:23A few hours after the Chinese New Year celebration,
00:26a part of a condominium in Binondo, Manila was burned down
00:30past 3 a.m. earlier.
00:33Two households in a room in the 35th floor were killed.
00:38According to the owner,
00:41he came out when there was a fire.
00:45Maybe he panicked,
00:47and he couldn't wake up his friends.
00:54He immediately asked for help from the firemen,
00:57so his two children came out.
01:00But in a bad omen,
01:02the victims inside the maid's quarter were not on the floor.
01:05According to the residents of the condominium,
01:07they were sleeping soundly after the fire.
01:10We just woke up in the basement of our door.
01:14When we opened the door,
01:16as in the smoke,
01:17it was already in the hallway.
01:19That's why we were alarmed.
01:21We also ran outside.
01:23According to the Bureau of Fire Protection,
01:25the fire reached the first alarm
01:27that lasted for more than an hour
01:29before it was extinguished at 5 a.m.
01:32Fortunately, the fire was quickly contained,
01:34so it did not spread to the adjacent units.
01:37It was immediately returned to the residents
01:39after the entire building was secured by the BFP.
01:42Based on the investigation of the BFP,
01:44the value of the abandoned buildings
01:46will reach 4 million pesos.
01:48The investigation of the fire continues.
01:52For GMA Integrated News,
01:54Jomer Apresto, Nakatuto, 24 Hours.
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