A pregnant Filipino woman and her three children perished in a fire that razed an apartment in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The fire reportedly broke out at 9am on Sat, Aug. 20.
GMA News Online revealed that the woman and her children — a 7-year-old boy, a 6-year-old girl, and a one-year-old toddler — died in their flat.
Two more people were reportedly hurt in the fire, but no other details have been provided about them.
Acts-Overseas Filipino Workers Coalition of Organizations party-list representative John Bertiz and Philippine labor attaché Rustico dela Fuente revealed that the head of the family was at work when the fire happened.
“The man reportedly told Bertiz that his family was in a happy mood when he left for work. He said he had just started working when he got the phone call that the house was on fire,” reports JV Arcena on InterAksyon.com.
The report noted that “faulty electrical wiring was initially seen as the cause of the fire.”
Tragically, the steel frames that protected the flat also prevented the victims from quickly exiting, causing them to succumb to suffocation.
The Department of Foreign affairs has not yet released the names of the victims.
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