Mother, son killed in Ormoc City fire

Firefighters try to put out the fire in Barangay Cogon, Ormoc City at around 2:26 a.m. on Sunday. (Photo courtesy of the Bureau of Fire Protection-Ormoc City)

ORMOC CITY, Leyte province — A mother and son were killed in a fire that destroyed at least three houses in Barangay Cogon here around 2:26 a.m. on Sunday.

The fatalities were identified as Belen Sumalinog Mendoza, 62, and his son Lyndon, 36, who reportedly failed to go out of their house during the fire, according to Senior Fire Officer 1 Grace Fatima Ramada.

“They may have been trapped,” she said.

Fire investigators have yet to determine the cause of the fire.

Damage was pegged at P1.8 million.

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