MANILA, Philippines — Two people died in a fire that hit a residential area in Quezon City on Thursday afternoon.

Ernesto Macapagal, 70, and his 17-year-old granddaughter were trapped in their house in Barangay Gulod when it was engulfed by fire, police said.

The victims’ relatives executed a handwritten waiver for the police to pursue further investigation.

A 68-year-old man was brought to a hospital for treatment of second degree burns on his right shoulder.

The fire broke out at around 4:49 p.m. and reached second alarm before it was put out by firefighters at around 6:38 p.m., the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)’s National Capital Region field unit said in a report.

Arson probers said the fire destroyed seven houses, displacing around 15 families who relocated to an evacuation center.

Thirty-two fire trucks and four ambulances responded to the scene, the BFP said.

Arson investigators have yet to determine the cause of the fire, which destroyed an estimated P17hit-bonus,500 worth of property.

• Families
• hit-bonus
• two
• Dead
• homeless