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00:00A married couple and their eight-year-old son were killed after being trapped in a burnt house in Bulacan.
00:06Patients of the Philippine General Hospital in Manila were rescued by burglars in a part of the main building.
00:13Witness, Emil Sumangi.
00:15At 6 in the morning, burglars burned the main building of the Philippine General Hospital in Mezanin.
00:25Patients in the atrium or quadrangle of the hospital were easily rescued by other stretchers or wheelchairs.
00:31The smoke was so strong that there was no choice but to evacuate our patients to the wards 1, 2, 3 and 4 because those are the closest to the area.
00:41The smoke was so strong in the back. That's why the tents were removed by the guards.
00:48Edeline was in the hospital at 3 a.m. for the check-up of Sarah, the wife of a neurologist.
00:55When we entered, they told us that we cannot continue because there was a fire in the ward. That's why we all went out.
01:05Based on the initial investigation of the Manila Fire District, the so-called on-call room in Mezanin in the main building was burned.
01:12We are involved in Mezanin, which is a doctor's quarters where our doctors rest.
01:25We are involved in the overheating of the air-conditioning.
01:33But it is not yet clear what was burned.
01:36There was no fire in the walls, ceilings, flooring, but the fire happened in the medical supplies.
01:48The area that was burned is a renovated area, the office complex. The room is in good condition.
01:57It's not in the wiring, that's why we need to investigate.
02:02Past 7 a.m., the Department of Health was completely burned.
02:09The patients who need to be transferred to the hospital were burned.
02:12The PGH asked for the assistance of the affected patients because of the incident.
02:17Some of their programs have been suspended in the rehabilitation of the hospital to fix the old facilities.
02:24This is the third time this year that the PGH was burned.
02:28It's burning.
02:30It was also early in the morning when a fire broke out in a house in Bulacan, Bulacan, Masmasaklao.
02:36The couple and their 8-year-old daughter were burned.
02:39We heard them screaming and crying for help.
02:46When the firemen arrived, we told them that we are asking for help.
02:51They were found inside a room where they were trapped.
02:56The house was burned for P1,000,000.
03:00E-bikes and scooters were also sold.
03:03For the GMAT Grenadines, I am Emil Sabangin, your witness.
03:08Be prepared for the two typhoons inside and outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility.
03:14And continue to light the torch.
03:16Based on the 8 p.m. bulletin of hope due to the Hiner typhoon,
03:20Signal No. 1 in Cagayan, along with Babuyan Islands,