The ancestral home owned by the Gustilo family was destroyed by a fire yesterday morning at Hacienda Hortencia in Cadiz City’s Barangay Daga.
Information provided by the city’s Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said the fire took place around 8:30 a.m.
The occupants of the house, all relatives of former Cadiz City mayor Eduardo Varela, managed to escape.
The amount in damages is yet to be known but it was determined that several antiques inside the home were destroyed.
BFP is currently conducting an investigation into the cause of the blaze./DGB, WDJ