Gas leak causes Burgos fire
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| Two points for Fire Prevention Month. Residents initiate bucket brigade to help the Bureau of Fire Protection-San Carlos firefighters put out the blaze on Burgos Street that consumed three houses last March 15. NewsRecord Photo |
Gas leak in a boarding house caused the fire on Burgos Street that left three houses burned to ashes.
A tenant who also got injured as she escaped the flames told NRWP that she only left to wash some fish but when she came back her room was already on fire.
Emily Panugan, single, who rents a room in the boarding house that Winifreda Tuban owned was cooking rice using a two-burner stove. It was for dinner on that fateful evening of March 15.
Panugan went out of her room on the second floor to wash some fish that she prepared from frying but when she came back the fire was beyond her control and boardmates were only able to escape without having saved any of their valuable items. Two other houses made of semi-light materials were affected including one owned by Climaco Lacaba and another by the Fernandez family.
The fire that started at around seven in the evening left 29 individuals homeless. They were immediately evacuated to the Barangay VI Day Care Center.
The Bureau of Fire Protection San Carlos declared fire out by 8:29 PM while the house of City Councilor Victoriana Cabili which is on corner Locsin and Burgos Streets was left unscathed.
Meanwhile, FO1 Ricardo Catalan told NewsRecord that in the ‘absence of evidence’ against him, JR Santillan, who was the suspected perpetrator of the fire on Caballero was released, and he no longer faced charges.
Instead, the BFP-San Carlos maintained that a faulty electrical wiring has caused the great fire. Catalan explained that Santillan was alone in his house but without his knowledge, the series lights he kept on through the night at the altar started the fire.
Although statements of other fire victims point directly to Santillan, the fire investigator maintained that their probe could not prove that arson was committed.
On the other hand,Catalan wants to remind readers to always be vigilant at home by checking all LPG tanks and unplugging electrical supplies.
He also advised that in case of fire, one should immediately call BFP-San Carlos so that fire fighters can immediately respond.
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