The family and relatives of confessed drug lord Rolando “Kerwin” Espinosa Jr. lost their homes to a fire that engulfed a community called Cahipa in the village of Hipodromo, Cebu City, past 3 p.m. on Thursday. 4 homesThe Espinosas lost four homes in Hipodromo, including an ancestral house estimated to be 20 years old. At least 193 families, residing in 115 houses, were displaced by the fire, said Renante Vanguardia of the Department of Social Welfare and Services in Cebu City. Nagiel Bañacia, head of the Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office, said the city government sent two more teams to help put out the fire. Noel Nelson Ababon, Cebu City fire marshal, said the fire was believed to have started from the two-story house of a certain Ramie Inopiquez.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 28, 2018 21:33 UTC