P900,000 in properties damaged, 2 killed in Iligan City fire

Inquirer.net - Nov 6, 2026

ILIGAN CITY, Philippines — The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) has estimated that up to P900,000 in properties were damaged in a fire that gutted an eight-door apartment and an adjacent house in Barangay Pala-o here early Thursday, Nov. 5, killing two women. FO2 Ruel Pairat, arson investigator of BFP-Iligan, said the estimate followed a post-blaze assessment they did

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