{"id":18534,"date":"2026-01-30T00:55:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T16:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/?p=18534"},"modified":"2026-01-30T00:55:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T16:55:32","slug":"child-plays-with-lighter-accidentally-roasts-baby-brother-to-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/2026\/01\/30\/child-plays-with-lighter-accidentally-roasts-baby-brother-to-death\/","title":{"rendered":"CHILD PLAYS WITH LIGHTER ACCIDENTALLY ROASTS BABY BROTHER TO DEATH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>BY KEVIN GALANG<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A FOUR-MONTH old baby on Tuesday was roasted to death following a fire that razed a nipa hut triggered by his elder brother\u2019s playing of a lighter in Pandi, Bulacan.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A report to Police Regional Office 3 (PRO3) director Brig. Gen. Ponce Rogelio Penones Jr. showed the incident occurred at Sitio Puguhan in Bgy. Cacarong Matanda, Pandi, Bulacan.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>According to the Bulacan police, the fire started\u00a0 around 3 p.m. on Tuesday while the infant was left alone sleeping inside the nipa hut.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The baby\u2019s three-year-old brother entered the hut while playing with a lighter and allegedly accidentally set fire a comforter near where the infant was sleeping.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The fire quickly spread, resulting in severe burns to the infant, that led to his death.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Police said the children\u2019s mother attempted to rescue the infant after learning of the incident but sustained burn injuries to her right hip, hands, and left leg.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The injured mother was brought to Rogaciano Mercado Hospital for medical treatment.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Police coordinated with the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) for further investigation to determine the exact cause of the fire and assess any possible liabilities.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Authorities reminded parents not to leave their children unattended and keep all matches and lighters out of reach of kids to prevent similar tragedies.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; BY KEVIN GALANG &nbsp; A FOUR-MONTH old baby on Tuesday was roasted to death following a fire that razed a nipa hut triggered by<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18535,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18534"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18534"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18536,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18534\/revisions\/18536"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}