Septuagenarian dies in Batangas fire
July 28, 2015 | 10:00am
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna, Philippines – A 79-year-old woman died in a fire that razed her shanty in Nasugbu, Batangas yesterday morning.
Leonida Marquez was trapped in the burning house in Barangay Aga, according to Inspector Hazel Luma-ang, spokesperson for the Batangas police.
Luma-ang said the blaze could have been sparked by a kerosene lamp that the victim was using.
Marquez’s daughter Lucita tried to rescue her mother but the flames spread quickly.
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