JDV daughter, Mansion Burned!

**gearspeed** · December 17th, 2004 01:21 PM

May she rest in peace.Kami rin pinapatay na namin ang christmas lights before bedtime..:D

**OTO** · December 17th, 2004 01:33 PM

Knowing how some people sleep late I fear that most of them were up when the fire broke out. Makes me want to dispose of these lights we put up yesterday.

Xmas lights = causes death & destruction of property and higher electricity bills!

**mhelskie** · December 17th, 2004 01:41 PM

kaya kami walang xmas lights sa loob ng bahay, puro sa gate at bakod lng, ung mga pang outdoor na xmas light binibili namin...d kami mahilig maglagay ng xmas lights sa loob ng bahay kahit dati.

Ingat din sa pagbili ng mga mumurahing xmas lights, karamihan dyan manipis mga insulators kya madaling mag init....

**baiskee** · December 17th, 2004 02:06 PM

kakaawa...di talaga natin masasabi kung kelan babawiin sa atin ni LORD ang buhay na pinahiram nya.

may she rest in peace.

**wreckless** · December 17th, 2004 04:22 PM

sad. :cry:

may she rest in peace.
condolence to her family.

**johnart** · December 17th, 2004 04:38 PM

I just wonder how come everyone else was able to escape and only she got trapped ?

**Yssa** · December 17th, 2004 04:42 PM

my condolence to the family too.

truly, life is full of surprises,good or bad. We may never really know how and when He will get back the life he gave us. Minsan nga, it is so sudden that in a snap of a finger, the life could be taken na.

**theveed** · December 17th, 2004 05:13 PM

Johnart: According to the reports ng mga maid and kapatid, they didn't know she came home already, supposedly nagpaalam na late pa uuwi and walang sa kanila (na nasa house) na inexpect na she's home...

(6th UPDATE) THE YOUNGEST daughter of Speaker Jose de Venecia perished in a fire that razed his residence in Dasmariñas Village Thursday night in Makati City.

Ma. Kristina Casimira Perez de Venecia, 16, was trapped on the second floor when the fire gutted the De Venecia mansion, located at Magnolia Street in the upscale residential subdivision, starting at 11:29 PM Thursday.

The body of the young De Venecia, nicknamed "KC," was discovered in her room after firefighters controlled the blaze early Friday morning. According to Superintendent Ruben Morales, Makati District Fire Marshall, KC apparently died from suffocation.

Morales confirmed that the string of Christmas lights coiled around the main staircase was the main cause of the fire. He said the lights were left on for more than a day, causing them to overheat and explode.

According to Noel Albano, the family spokesperson, nobody thought KC was still in the house until her sister received a call from her frantically saying she was trapped in her room, which was located at the farthest end of the second floor hallway.

Albano said KC then wrapped herself in wet blankets and lay down on the bathtub inside her comfort room.

"She tried her very best to save herself," Albano said on GMA Network's "Unang Hirit" morning newscast. He added that the steel window grills, which were standard in all of the rooms in the mansion, had prevented her from escaping.

KC was to have graduated from high school this March, Albano added.

Her remains are being cremated at the Loyola Memorial Chapels in Makati City.

Her wake will be held at the Santuario de San Antonio in Forbes Park. In lieu of flowers, the family requests cash donations for the newly established KC De Venecia Foundation.

The fire first gutted the living room and kitchen of the house before spreading across the entire second floor of the mansion, where the bedrooms of the family members were located. The first floor, where De Venecia's offices are housed, was spared from the blaze.

The Speaker, his wife Gina and other family members were unhurt. They are currently staying at a neighbor's house, Albano said.

**Tifosi** · December 17th, 2004 11:37 PM

Nakakagulat naman yan! May she rest in peace.

For all of JDV's money, ba't di man lang niya naisipang lagyan ng fire escape yung mga windows ng house nila? Ang weird talaga. We're not rich, but our house has fire escapes sa lahat ng kwarto. Sabi ko sa nanay ko lagyan nun nung nagparenovate kami ng bahay.

**ghost_2192** · December 18th, 2004 05:08 AM

It's very tragic that it has to happen to her, may rest in peace. As a safety precaution siguro wag na lang maglagay ng christmas light sa christmas tree.