10:25 PM
John Larry Limbo
A high school student died after being trapped in one of the five houses gutted by fire in Sta. Ana district, Manila before dawn Friday.
Police identified the fatality as Francisco Leodones, 12, of No. 1725, Punta in Sta. Ana district.
Snooky Leodones, the victim's aunt, said they tried to wake the victim up as flames consumed their home around 3 a.m.
The woman said she hurriedly ran out of the house and tried to save some belongings, thinking that her nephew was already safe outside.
She discovered that Leodones had died in the blaze while firefighters were clearing debris.
Arson probers said that flames spread from the Leodones family's home toward the Emilio Aguinaldo Elementary School. At least three floors of a school building were gutted.
Fire also destroyed four more houses before flames were put out around 4 a.m.
Police identified the fatality as Francisco Leodones, 12, of No. 1725, Punta in Sta. Ana district.
Snooky Leodones, the victim's aunt, said they tried to wake the victim up as flames consumed their home around 3 a.m.
The woman said she hurriedly ran out of the house and tried to save some belongings, thinking that her nephew was already safe outside.
She discovered that Leodones had died in the blaze while firefighters were clearing debris.
Arson probers said that flames spread from the Leodones family's home toward the Emilio Aguinaldo Elementary School. At least three floors of a school building were gutted.
Fire also destroyed four more houses before flames were put out around 4 a.m.
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