An overheated electric fan was the cause a fire which razed a two-story house in a subdivision in barangay Suba-masulog, Lapu-Lapu City.
The Lapu-Lapu City Fire Department received the alarm at 8:35 p.m. last Thursday.
The fire originated from the second floor where the electric fan was used. It spread to the adjacent rooms and also burned the ground floor.
No one was hurt.
The house located in Genesis Subdivision is owned by Stanley Aguire.
SFO3 Jovani Donosos said house helper Jane Chavez disclosed that the electric fan had been in use since Thursday morning.
Chavez and Aguire’s child immediately ran outside when they noticed the fire from the second floor. They were unable to save any of Aguire’s belongings in their rush to escape the blaze.
Damage was pegged at P40,000 pesos./CORRESPONDENT NORMAN V. MENDOZA