12 homes destroyed, four damaged by Tejero fire

By: Jose Santino S. Bunachita - 8 years ago

Firemen trail their hose to a burning house in Barangay Tejero. (CDN PHOTO/LITO TECSON)

At least 16 structures were hit by a fire at in Barangay Tejero, Cebu City on Sunday morning.

SFO4 Jovito Abelgas of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said they received a call from one of the residents in the fire site in Sitio Villagonzalo II at past 7 am.

The fire was declared under control by 8:16 am.

Abelgas said the fire came from the house of a certain Violete Ouano who was burning garbage.

Twelve structures were destroyed by the fire while another four were damaged. No one was injured. Damages were pegged at P300,000.