Fire kills 3 children in La Union -report

MANILA, Philippines - Three children were killed after they were trapped inside their burning house in La Union, Sunday night.

Radio reports said Mae Joy Gacayan, 7; and her two younger sisters, Sheena, 5; and Meynard Carl, 3; died during the blaze inside their house in Brgy. Polipol, San Gabriel, La Union past 7 p.m.

The father of the victims, Mark Gayacan, told arson investigators that he was out of the house during the incident. His other son, John Mark, 10, managed to run out of the house to get help, reports added.

The children's mother was also out of the house checking on their crops during the blaze, reports said.

Arson investigators suspected that an unattended lit lamp was the cause of the fire as there had been no electricity in the area for seven years now.