School, houses damaged in fire incidents

CEBU, Philippines - School property pegged to be worth P75,000 was damaged when Cebu Eastern College at Leon Kilat corner Dimasalang Streets in Cebu City caught fire last Friday night.

CEC’s audio-visual room (AVR) which is located at the fourth floor of the four-storey building caught fire at 6:30 pm prompting the nearby fire departments to respond to the scene and control the fire in ten minutes.

Firemen traced the origin of the fire to electrical misuse. Different fire stations in the city inlcuding the Cebu Filipino-Chinese Volunteer Fire Brigade, Emergency Rescue Unit Foundation, and barangay fire brigades also assisted in putting out the fire.

The FREEMAN tried to get the side of the school management but nobody faced reporters yesterday.

Some first year college students, who refused to reveal their names, said they initially felt afraid after learning that a fire razed their school.

In a separate incident, a house was totally burned while another was partially destroyed when another fire broke out in Unit 5, Oppra, Barangay Kalunasan at 1:30 am yesterday.

The house where the blaze started was owned by Alfonso Roldan who was out of town when the fire broke out.

The fire spread to the two-storey house of Jonnie Saberon and damaged the second floor.

According to the fire department, the fire was controlled in five minutes but managed to leave behind damages worth P85,000.

Luckily, no one died or was injured in both incidents. (FREEMAN)