Bed-ridden septuagenarian scorched to death in Isabela fire
Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 11:05:04 +0000
ECHAGUE, ISABELA – A 71-year-old woman was charred to death while her husband suffered second-degree burns after fire gutted their house at Dammang East village here on Sunday, police said.
Virginia Matterig was bed-ridden and failed to get out of her room when the blaze razed the wood-based second floor of their house. Her husband Villamor, 71, suffered second-degree burns on his face.
Senior Fire Officer 1 Reinier Cante, investigator at the Bureau of Fire Protection-Echague, said the wall fan of the Matterig couple could have overheated and caused the fire. /kga
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