Members of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) condole with the families of two PCG apprentice seamen, Ian Paul Fresado and Mark Hernandez, who died in a fire that burned down a residential building on Quentin Paredes St., Binondo, Manila on Friday, Aug. 2.
Investigation revealed that the fire was caused by an LPG explosion at the ground floor at around 7 a.m.
The fatalities were temporarily residing at the building as “boarders.”
Fresadp and Hernandez, both of the Coast Guardsman Course (CGMC) Class 105, were assigned at the Marine Environmental Protection Command.
Their bodies, together with nine other victims, were brought to the Batangas Sanctuary Funeral Home at Abad Santos Avenue, Tondo, Manila, for proper disposition.
PCG spokesman, Rear Admiral Armando Balilo, said the command coordinates with the victims’ families to assist them and provide for their needs “during this trying time.”
