Saturday, October 13, 2007 (Philippines)

Lone survivor of the family members who were in the house at the time of the fire in Bry. Looc, Lapu-Lapu City: Jessamae Flores, here with album photos of the victims - her mother Merceditha, brother Jade Lawrence, Harold Philip, and Lloyd Jennil. Only her father Jonathan who was out and herself are left.(Sun.star photo/Arni Aclao) A FIRE ended the lives of a woman and her three children in Looc, Lapu-Lapu City before dawn yesterday. Firemen suspect the blaze, which quickly engulfed their home, was triggered by an electrical overload—like a TV set that had not been unplugged.This theory was bolstered by the househelp’s statement. Cheryl Catausan, 17, said she awoke to find smoke in her room. She got up to see where this was coming from and discovered the middle column and the plywood ceiling of the house already in flames. [full story]