Senior citizen, nephew injured in fire
BACOLOD City – Two persons suffered minor injuries in a fire that broke out in a two-storey house at Purok Riverside, Zone 1, Barangay Banago here last Wednesday. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) – Bacolod, identified the victims as Elena Tayactac, 67, and her nephew Bernardo Vargas. Elena suffered burns

By Glazyl Y. Masculino

By Glazyl Y. Masculino
BACOLOD City – Two persons suffered minor injuries in a fire that broke out in a two-storey house at Purok Riverside, Zone 1, Barangay Banago here last Wednesday.
The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) – Bacolod, identified the victims as Elena Tayactac, 67, and her nephew Bernardo Vargas. Elena suffered burns on her left leg while Bernardo had burns on both legs.
Senior Fire Officer 4 (SFO4) Jereck Barbas of BFP-Bacolod said the blaze was caused by a leak from a hose line connected to a Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) tank.
It originated from the kitchen area on the first floor of the house owned by Tayactac around 8:07 a.m.
Barbas said that Tayactac asked her nephew to buy a new LPG tank after she had already used up the old one. However, when Vargas tried to install it on the stove, he failed to notice that it had a leak.
The victims tried to put out the fire, which caused them injuries.
The fire left an estimated P7,500 worth of damage. Fire out was declared six minutes later.
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