Mom, 3 kids die in Mandaluyong fire

MANILA – A mother and her three children died after a fire hit their house in Mandaluyong City on Sunday evening. Blitz Santos and her children, Andrei, Yui and Chelsea, aged 4, 2, and 1, respectively, were trapped inside their burning house in Barangay Barangka Ilaya. The fire erupted at around 8 p.m. It reached the second alarm and was declared out at 9:25 p.m. Other families occupying the house were able to escape. Fire investigators said Santos and her children were trapped inside a bathroom. The victims' remains were found hugging each other in the aftermath of the blaze. Authorities have yet to determine the cause of the fire. – report from Carolyn Bonquin, ABS-CBN News