Fire hits residential, commercial area in Sambag 2, Cebu City
A FIRE hit a residential and commercial area in Barangay Sambag 2, Cebu City, destroying 13 houses and establishments and damaging three others on the evening of Christmas Day, December 25, 2021.
Over P15.5 million was the estimated worth of properties was lost in the blaze.
Three people were injured: Arthuro Salas Jr., 56, who suffered an abrasion in his left knee); Guillerma Susmena, 84, possible fracture in her left arm and burn in the back of her body; and Gina Salaban, 48, second-degree burn on her left cheek and mild burn on her forehead.
The Cebu City Fire Office received the fire alarm at 9:04 p.m. Saturday.
The first fire trucks arrived in the fire scene on J. Urgello St. at 9:07 p.m.
An hour later, firefighers controlled the flames from spreading further in the neighborhood. (KAL)
