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Girl drowns in LAPU resort

An 11-year-old German girl drowned in a swimming pool of a resort in Barangay Punta Engaño, Lapu-Lapu City Thursday afternoon.

The girl was declared dead on arrival at the Mactan Doctors Hospital in Basak, Lapu-Lapu City past 3 p.m. Thursday by Dr. Adoracion Pilapil.

Police said that the girl was with her parents and the pool had a life guard.

PO3 Lydo Pinos said the girl’s parents were confident because she knew how to swim and they were just a few meters away.

Pinos said the life guard told him the girl waded in the four-feet deep water and submerged herself most of the time. When the life guard noted that the girl no longer surfaced after a few minutes, he immediately rushed in but the girl was already unconscious./CORRESPONDENT NORMAN V. MENDOZA

Fire guts houses in Lapu-lapu

A fire destroyed three houses and damaged another in Sitio Sudtonggan, barangay Basak, Lapu-Lapu City Thursday evening.

No one was hurt in the blaze which started at past 6 p.m. in the house owned by Lukeman Dinalan. It spread immediately to the houses owned by Bernadette Ardena, Norma Bagay and Andrew Mahusay.

FO3 Climaco Salisid, fire investigator, said the fire started from an unattended cooking in Dinalan’s house. It was too late when Dinalan noticed the blaze, so he and his family just ran.

The area was congested with houses made of light materials. Those affected were not able to save their belongings. /CORRESPONDENT NORMAN V. MENDOZA