BACOLOD CITY – A five-year-old boy was killed in a fire that hit a portion of a three-hectare sugarcane plantation in Sitio Mambato, Barangay Tu-oy, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, Nov. 26.
Fire Officer 1 Michael Bernardo, Himamaylan City Fire Station investigator, said that the fire was reported at around 2:20 p.m.
Bernardo said the victim sustained second degree burns.
The victim was taken to a hospital here where he was declared dead.
The fire left an estimated P300,000 in damage and put out at 4:24 p.m. No other structures were involved.
Bernardo said that the cause of fire is still under investigation. It is unclear yet why the victim was in the area during the fire.