MANILA, Philippines – A couple suffered burns in a one-hour fire that hit a residential area in Mandaluyong City Monday.
Nilo Baldeo sustained first-degree burns on his body while his wife, Nilda, received third-degree burns while trying to put out the fire that hit their house, witnesses said.
Firefighters estimated the property damage at P1 million.
Officials said the fire started in a house on Tiaga Street in Barangay Plainview at around 9 p.m. Monday, spreading to at least five other houses.
Arson probers are eyeing faulty electrical wiring as the cause of the fire.