TAYUG, Pangasinan – Three minors were killed in a fire that gutted their house in Barangay Magallanes here on Tuesday morning, Feb. 25.
Police identified the victims as Jeniel, 6; James, 4, and Jennila, 3.
Investigation said their father Raymart left them and locked their house to a charge cellular phone in a neighbor.
Raymart returned home and saw their house on fire at around 9:45 a.m.
The victims were trapped and retrieved by firefighters.
They were taken to the Municipal Health Unit where they were declared dead due to suffocation.
The Bureau of Fire Protection declared fire out at 10:10 a.m.
The BFP is conducting follow-up investigation to determine the cause of the fire.