Baby dies, 2 others hurt in Mandaluyong fire

MANILA, Philippines — A baby girl was killed and two others were injured in a fire that gutted their home and nine others in Mandaluyong City Monday evening, a report from Radyo Inquirer 990AM said Tuesday.

The report said 1-year-old Ann Daniela Sales was found dead at the second floor of their house in Block 38 in Barangay (village) Addition Hills.

The fire was declared out two hours after it broke out around 10:49 p.m., the report said.

Daniela’s 11-year-old brother, identified as Benjamin, suffered third degree burns, while another, a 30-year-old man was also rushed to the hospital, it said.

Fire Inspector France Embalsado of Mandaluyong Fire Department was quoted as saying that the fire started from the house of the Sales family and was caused by a candle that was left burning.

Teresita Sales, mother of Daniela and Benjamin, was quoted as saying that she attempted to save her baby.

The report said that roughly P500,000 worth of properties were destroyed and fifteen families left homeless in the fire that reached the fifth alarm before it was completely put out at 12:39 a.m.

Embalsado said that firefighters found it difficult to put out the blaze because almost all the houses were made from light materials, the street was narrow, and live electrical wires were all over the place.