6 dead, 2 injured in Philippines fire
A fire on Saturday gutted a house in Quezon province, southeast of the Philippines' Manila, killing six family members and injuring two others, police said.
MEHR: A fire on Saturday gutted a house in Quezon province, southeast of the Philippines' Manila, killing six family members and injuring two others, police said.
In a report, police said the fire trapped the victims, a 69-year-old woman and her five grandchildren, inside the two-story house in Candelaria town.
Two other females, aged 48 and 37, were injured, Xinhua reported.
Police said a neighbor witnessed the fire and "saw the fatalities trapped inside the house, shouting and seeking for help."
The fire, which broke out at around 1 a.m. local time, was put out an hour and a half later.
