7 Dies in Christmas Day Tragedy

Tragedy struck a family on Christmas Day when fire broke out in a row of apartment units owned by a veterinarian in Quezon City, killing the animal doctor and six members of his household.
Senior Superintendent Aderson Comar, assistant regional director for operations of the Bureau of Fire Protection-National Capital Region (BFP-NCR), said that fire brokeout at about 5:24 a.m. in the row of apartment units owned by the family of veterinarian Dr. Carlos Filamor Sr. on Rest Haven Street in Barangay Bungad.

At the time of the fire, Senior Fire Officer 3 Jose Felipe Arreza said that there were seven persons inside the unit occupied by Dr. Filamor, including himself. With him are his wife Korina, 50; their two children, Carlos Jr., 25, and Eva, 26; Eva’s two sons, Miguel Andrei Mutuc, 13, and Mateo Aaron Mutuc, 14; and the family housemaid Marina Ayon, 48. All the victims were burned beyond recognition and investigators may resort to dental recognition to identify the recovered remains.
Apart from the victims’ bodies, investigators also found a burned dog and cat at a veterinary clinic owned by Dr Filamor.

The Filamors occupy one unit of the row of 16 apartment units. Its only two windows have steel grills.

Comar said two bodies were found in each of the two entrance doors of the Filamor unit located within the compound.

The other bodies were found in a room on the second floor, one in the kitchen, one in the ground floor comfort room, and one in the living.

Quezon City Deputy Fire Marshall Samuel Tadeo said that the seventh body was found at around before 2 p.m. yesterday at Unit 16-B, located two units from the Filamor’s. Tadeo said the seventh body could be that of Carlos Jr., a special child, who jumped out from a second floor window.

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