Six killed in Manila fire

Six killed in Manila fire

MANILA (Reuters): Five children were among six people killed in a fire which razed a row of houses in a slum in the Manila district of Paranaque on Sunday morning, fire officials said.

Official Daniel Mercado said the fire broke out at dawn and was brought under control after about three hours. The victims included a 66-year-old woman and five children under 10, he said.

Other officials said the fire started in the house where the elderly woman and three of her grandchildren died because of suffocation. Two other children in neighboring houses were killed as well, they said.

There was no immediate word on the cause of the fire.