Three children died when a fire broke out at their house in Barangay Tatalon, Quezon City before dawn on Sunday.
According to a report on Super Radyo dzBB, the fire started at 4:19 a.m. at a residential building on Kaliraya Street.
The fatalities were aged 9, 8, and 4 years old, according to the children’s father.
The father said his wife woke up and was surprised there was smoke in their room, located on the third floor of the building.
When they opened their bedroom door, the living room was already engulfed in smoke, and the fire was already spreading.
The man said they ran, and he shouted for help, crawling to grab his youngest, a baby who was only four months old.
They ran to the second floor, and the father said he threw the baby out the window to a neighbor who caught the infant safely.
He and his wife, as well as their eldest child, then jumped out of the second-floor window. All three had injuries.
Their three other children—two girls and a boy—were trapped on the third floor.
The fire reached the first alarm before it was put out around 5 a.m.
The Bureau of Fire Protection had difficulty putting out the fire due to the narrow street leading to the house. Personnel from the crime laboratory were on site as of press time.
An investigation is ongoing to determine the cause of the fire and the amount of property damage, but local fire officials said it is looking at faulty electrical wiring as a possible cause.