5 kids die in Bukidnon fire
CABANGLASAN, Bukidnon, Philippines – Five children died in a fire that razed their home here Sunday night.
The children – aged two, three, five, 10 and 11 – were sleeping when the fire broke out at past 7 p.m. in Barangay Capinonan, said Inspector Jiselle Ester Lou Longakit, spokesperson for the Bukidnon provincial police office.
Longakit said the children’s parents Anabel and Richie Lingoyan were reportedly attending a party in a nearby village.
The couple reportedly left the children under the care of their 12-year-old son.
However, the boy reportedly went looking for their parents when they failed to come home by 7 p.m.
The Lingoyans were horrified to find their house, which was made of light materials, razed to the ground.
Firefighters brought the children’s remains to the barangay hall.
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