CITY OF MALOLOS—A 74 year old man and his wife in Calumpit town died of electrocution Thursday morning while inside their flooded house in Barangay Calumpang in Calumpit town.
Manuel Lukban Jr., head of the Bulacan Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (PDRRMO) identified the victims as Felipe Razon, 74 and his wife Ofelia Razon, 57.
Rains and winds caused the metal sheet roof of their nipa hut with live electircal wires attached to fall on the flooded grounds of the house.
According to Enriquito Santiago Jr., head of Calumpit Municipal DRRMO, the couple were electrocuted at around 9:00 a.m. Felipe was the first one to to be exposed to the live electricity surge in the flooded grounds of the house. His wife who immediately came to rescue him was then electrocuted.
Santiago said it took a while before any rescuer could save the victims because of the live electricity in the waters.
Meralco also rushed to the site to cut off the electricity supply. However, the two couple were already dead, Santiago said.
