Fire destroys school, mayor’s house in Negros Occidental


A big fire along Ylagan Street in San Carlos City of Negros Occidental at 3pm on Friday, razes a school and the houses of Mayor Renato Gustilo and that of his late grandfather, Simplicio Ongbontic. - Photo courtesy of the San Carlos City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office

BACOLOD CITY (Philippines): A fire destroyed a school and the houses of Mayor Renato Gustilo and his grandfather on Ylagan Street, San Carlos City in Negros Occidental at about 3pm on Friday (June 14).

Gustilo, who was in Manila on business when the fire broke out, said in a phone interview late Friday that it started from the Daisy’s ABC School Foundation at Ylagan Street and spread to the nearby compound where his ancestral home and the house of his late grandfather were located.

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