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The charred remains of the Pastrana couple will be laid to rest on March 15 at the Alliance of Two Hearts columbary in barangay Guadalupe.
Lawyer Manuel Pastrana, 79 and his wife, Norma, 74 were killed together with their housemaid Jocelyn Lagunero, 46 after the couple's one-story house was gutted by fire about 1 a.m. on Thursday. The fire was believed caused by faulty electrical wiring.
Board member Peter John Calderon, a nephew of the couple, said no one was to blame for the incident. ?It was really an accident,? he said.
On Monday, a Mass will be held at 2 p.m. at the Alliance of Two Hearts in Banawa, Guadalupe, Cebu City.
After the Mass, the couple's ashes will be brought to their final rest in the columbary of the church.
Lagunero's remains will be brought to her family in Aribasuri, Mabinay twn Negros Oriental today.
Roselyn Ambos, Lagunero?s aunt, arrived in Cebu City yesterday to claim her ashes.
The Cebu City Fire Department has strongly advised household owners to have smoke detectors and have their electrical wirings regularly checked by a licensed electrician.
Cebu City Fire Marshall Supt. Esmael Codilla has issued some safety tips after a series of deadly fires that hit the city were blamed on faulty electrical wirings.
He said Pastrana?s house was an old structure built in 1962.
?It?s an old house. The materials are 60 percent combustible,? he said.
While fire department has the mandate to conduct fire safety inspections, they could only do it on newly-constructed houses, boarding houses and business establishments.
Residential houses cannot be inspected by the fire department after they are occupied, except those used as boarding houses.
To avoid fire incidents, Codilla said home owner must ensure that electrical wirings are okay by having them checked by a licensed electrician periodically.
Codilla said an early warning device such as smoke detector must be installed.
?The loss of lives could have been avoided if the house had a smoke detector. I don?t know the exact price, but it?s affordable. I think, it can be bought at P1,000,? he said.
Codilla said the occupants must unplug all appliances when not in use, especially if no one is in the house.
He said that with only 10 teams composed of two inspectors each, they lacked personnel to inspect the business establishments and boarding houses.
?With the hundreds of establishments here, we could not inspect all of them the whole year round,? he said.
The fire department is mandated to conduct fire safety inspections under the new fire code of the Philippines enacted in 2008 or RA 9514.
