Elderly woman dies in Lucena City riverbank fire

Elderly woman dies in Lucena City riverbank fire

LUCENA CITY — A 74-year-old woman died on Tuesday after a fire of still undetermined origin destroyed her house along the Dumacaa River in this city, police said. The Lucena City police said the fire broke out at around 3:30 p.m. in a residential area beneath a bridge along the river in Barangay Market View. An initial report said 17 houses, mostly made of light materials, were destroyed before firemen extinguished the fire more than an hour later. READ: PWD dead as fire destroys 6 houses in Luc