TACLOBAN CITY – A 72-year-old woman died in a fire that razed four houses in Barangay 2, Catbalogan City, Samar on Tuesday, February 20.
The victim was identified as Jovita Norombaba Lapara.
Lapara went back to get her money and other important belongings from the second floor of her house.
She reportedly died due to suffocation after she was trapped inside her house.
Arson probers are investigating the cause of the fire.
Nobody was injured in the blaze.
The Bureau of Fire Protection-Catbalogan estimated the damage from the fire at P100,000.