3 dead in 2 Olongapo City fires

OLONGAPO CITY –– Three people, including two minors, died after a fire razed their houses here, local authorities said on Thursday.

The local chapter of the Philippine Red Cross said a 40-minute blaze gutted a residential area in Barangay Barretto that killed JM Aquino, 10, and Yvette Bucad, 14, at dawn on Thursday.

Another fire razed a house in Barangay East Tapinac that left a certain Jonel Fernandez dead on Wednesday.

Investigators had yet to determine the cause of the fire. Joanna Rose Aglibot

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