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TEN persons were confirmed dead in a fire that hit a residential area in Barangay Putatan in Muntinlupa City on Sunday morning, according to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP).
The BFP said the casualties already increased to ten from the seven reported earlier. One individual remains missing, while another person was injured.
City Fire Marshal Fire Superintendent Eugene Briones said the fatalities, which may be related to each other, were found on the ground floor and second floor of the house, according to a report by Rod Vega on Super Radyo dzBB.
In a recent information, the BFP said a one-storey house with an adjacent two-storey residential structure was affected. Ten individuals from three families reside there.
The estimated cost of damage was around P500,000.
The fatalities were trapped in the house that was engulfed in flames, added Briones.
No other house was affected.
