CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY: An 11-year-old boy was burned to death, his father injured while more than 200 families were rendered homeless in a fire that razed a coastal village in San Antonio, Jasaan town of Misamis Oriental on Tuesday night.

Provincial officials identified the lone fatality as Niel Jean Daapong, a Grade 3 pupil, who was trapped in their house as the fire of unknown origin quickly spread to the neighboring houses made of light materials.

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