CEBU CITY – A three-year-old boy died in a fire that hit their house in Barangay Upper Poblacion, Aloguinsan, Cebu Thursday.
The fire broke out past 8 p.m. while the victim and his brothers were sleeping.
Police said the children were the only ones left at home after their mother was brought to a birthing center due to labor pains early in the day.
Police identified the fatality as Izach Pantin Pielago.
According to Police Staff Sgt. Marvin Hubahib, desk officer of the Aloguinsan Police Station, Izach and his two brothers aged 10 and eight were asleep when their house suddenly caught fire. The two other children were able to rush outside.
The victim was still inside the house when the town’s firefighters and emergency responders arrived.
The fire was put out about an hour after it broke out. The cause of the fire is still being investigated, police said.