JDV daughter, Mansion Burned!

[bilog]

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.

may fire escape sila sa mga rooms nila kaya lang sa taranta daw ni kc kaya maaring di na nakuha ang susi.

[Usting]

Condolence to the family.

Medyo OT po.

Napansin din ni JDV na kulang sa equipments ang mga fire brigade natin at sabi nya na imumungkahi nya sa pangulo na maglaan ng karagdagang budget para rito. Eto ang hirap sa kanilang mga nakapwesto, kung di sila magiging biktima di sila magigising sa katotohanan. Di ba kelan lang ipinalabas sa abscbn ang mga critics tungkol sa mga fire brigade ng Pilipinas, eh may ginawa ba sila rito. Siguro kung mararanasan lang nilang kumalam ang mga sikmura nila dahil sa kahirapan pahahalagahan siguro nila ang mga mahihirap.

[Walter]

Very well said. There's a post or news somewhere that the windows were bullet-proofed that is why the firemen were unable to break the bathroom winows.

[Kicker15]

imagine if you were the one she was talking to on the phone before she died. may her soul rest in peace

[jolog1]

Tama si Yebo, bakit naman walang sprinkler system ang bahay nitong milyonaryo? Bakit walang smoke detector? P800 lang ang smoke detector ngayon, P1500 lang ang top of the line.

[Tifosi]

may fire escape sila sa mga rooms nila kaya lang sa taranta daw ni kc kaya maaring di na nakuha ang susi.

Naku, nabasa ko sa Inquirer nakapadlock daw yung fire exit...

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De Venecia loses 'light of my life'

Updated 09:21am (Mla time) Dec 18, 2004
By Margaux Ortiz, Cynthia Balana, Carlito Pablo
Inquirer News Service



Editor's Note: Published on page A1 of the December 18, 2004 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer

THREE WORDS--and then her cell phone went dead.

"Ate! Help! Help!"

That was the desperate cry that rang through the cell phone of Maria Kristina Casimira "KC" de Venecia , 16-year-old daughter of Speaker Jose de Venecia, on Thursday night as walls of flame turned 2288 Magnolia St., Dasmariñas Village, Makati City, into an inferno.
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House impenetrable
The girl failed to get out of the house because the grand staircase was already engulfed in flames, firemen said.

Unable to get down the staircase, KC apparently then ran to her brother Christopher's bathroom, wrapped herself with a wet blanket and lay in the bathtub in an attempt to protect herself, they said.

Firemen who tried to find KC inside her own room decided to go back outside when the ceiling of the second floor collapsed, fire bureau official Supt. Ruben Morales said.

Another fire official, Chief Insp. Rachel Avilla of the Makati Fire Department, said rescuers found KC around 2 a.m., or 30 minutes before the fire was completely put out.

"We had a hard time getting inside the house because it was practically impenetrable," Avilla said.

Padlocked fire exit
She said that the grills, bulletproof glass windows and sliding doors, and a "padlocked" fire exit made it initially impossible for firemen to reach the second floor and rescue the girl.

Avilla also said the rescuers had a difficult time going inside the house because of the thick smoke coming from the burning curtains and carpet.

"The Speaker [De Venecia] was trying to get us to go inside the house to rescue his daughter after conducting a head count," Avilla said.

The fire official also said KC's sister repeatedly told them that she could hear someone yelling for help.

"She also said she was able to talk to her sister on her cell phone," Avilla said.

It was about 10:45 p.m. when Carissa received a frantic call from a secretary of De Venecia saying a fire had broken out and that the family was looking for KC.

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Kawawa naman siya!

[quiksie]

kawawa naman! Kaya ingat po tayo sa mga ilaw at kuryente natin. Condolence jdv

[karlbo]

kawawa ng atalaga... 8days b4 xmas nangyari pa yun....


ng dahil sa xmas lights.....

[wildthing]

I'd say maraming mali dun sa situasyon....probably a cheap xmas lights, over-protected house barrier (bakit ka pa naglagay ng fire escape kung ipapadlock mo rin), bullet proof glass (wow! ganun ba karami galit sa to have this type of protection), no sprinkler system (nakaka-afford ng bullet-proof windows pero a sprinker hinde)....I'd say it is just plain stupidity from her parents which killed the poor girl....just my 2 cents. peace

[yebo]

so maybe we better take this incident as a lesson for all of us! as a gift to our families this xmas, let's all buy smoke/fire deterctors and fire extinguishers. abc fire extinguishers cost only p1500-p3000 each at ace.

ako meron na, isang smoke detector sa kitchen, isa sa 2nd floor corridor, and all the rooms (just above the door para pagpasok pa lang ng smoke na-detect na). may 2 fire extinguishers din sa kitchen, and believe it or not, a 3/4 inch 20 meter long fiberglass fire hose at the second floor hidden inside the double walling of the family room. this fire hose is directly connected to a 2 cubic meter tank with a booster pump which is separately wired from the rest of the house, and also connected to the mwss line via a check valve (para may pressure pa din kahit walang electric power and also hindi bumabalik yung pressure sa mwss pag umaandar yung booster pump). it's easy to do with off the shelf components at your suking hardware. pm me with your email address if you want a diagram. it does not violate the mwss prohibition on booster pumps since it is not directly connected to suction from the mwss supply. even if you just use a 1/2 inch garden hose it's better than nothing, as long as you locate it in the living areas where you will need it most during a fire.

i plan to buy next emergency escape smoke hoods, one for each member of the family to be kept in the rooms. it's like a disposable gas mask that you slip over your head with a high temperature plastic visor and a filter, brand name is EVAC-U-8. problem lang is kung meron available sa pinas. reading that news about kc de venecia reminded me that most fire victims die of suffocation, something i did not prepared for. paranoid ako ano?