Fire kills 2 elderly women in Cavite

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LUCENA CITY – Two old women died on Friday, June 6, when a fire razed their house in Gen. Trias City, Cavite province.

The Region 4A police said in a belated report on Saturday, June 7, that a blaze struck the residential house of victims “Arsenia,” 80, and “Leticia,” 76, in Barangay (village) Manggahan.

The fire started at 3:35 a.m. and was put off by local firefighters around 5 a.m.

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The report did not provide information on how the victims, whose relationship was not specified, died during the fire.

There was no information on the whereabouts of the family of the two victims when the fire broke out.

No other casualties, injured persons, or property damage were reported in the blaze.

Investigators suspected that the fire was caused by a faulty electrical outlet that exploded.

The authorities were conducting further investigations. /jpv