The Bureau of Fire Protection said a concerned citizen made a call at around 8:45 a.m. yesterday.
The BFP declared the fire under control at 9:45 a.m.
No fatality was reported although residents in the barangay are inquiring as to the whereabouts of two elderly couple coming from Rogongon, an upland barangay who visited Bag-ong Silang.
Victims are now staying in the barangay auditorium and the City Social Welfare and Development headed by Grace Saquilabon are attending to their needs. The following were the initial listing of families that were rendered homeless by the said fire, aside from Ogoc, Magsalay, Butalid, Sumingit, Ortaleza, and Anoya.
According to Gerald Ogoc, one of the victims who is an Overseas Filipino Worker, the fire started on the second floor of the house of Merlyn Mondala which was near his house.
Ogoc posited that a cell phone is charged and left unattended may have started the fire.
As the smoke began to thicken with the heat becoming too intense, one of the kids downstairs in the said house went upstairs to see what happened but he retreated immediately as he saw the fire beginning on the second floor.
The neighbors did not have time to hold on to their belongings and Ogoc could only save his passport along with the other members of his family.
It was learned that there were eight fire trucks that responded to the distress call, including one from a nearby town of Lugait in Misamis Oriental, and one from the Gaisano Mall, in addition to the city's six firetrucks.
It was learned that the firemen had a hard time putting out the fire because the streets leading to the burning building were narrow. [Sita Asequia and Nora Sorino, Mindanao Goldstar Daily]
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