Toddler Dies in Cavite Fire
A one-year-old boy has died in a fire that broke out in Carmona, Cavite on Friday night. Reports suggest the child's mother was working at a neighbor's house, and the siblings may have been playing with a candle. The fire, which destroyed a house, was extinguished by firefighters.
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