2 siblings hurt in Alcantara fire | Inquirer News

2 siblings hurt in Alcantara fire

/ 07:03 AM July 14, 2011

TWO minor siblings were injured in a fire that struck their house in barangay Salagmaya, Alcantara town, southwest Cebu at dawn Tuesday.

The two siblings, who suffered minor burns, were asleep when their house went ablaze.

Investigators said the fire originated from an electrical post of Cebeco that sparked following an earthquake.

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The parents of the two siblings left the house to pasture their animals past 4 a.m.

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Hearing the children shouting for help, the father rushed back home and saved the two siblings from the burning house.

The house was already razed when firefighters arrived.

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Damage was pegged at P50,000./CORRESPONDENT GABRIEL C. BONJOC

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