ARSON investigators are looking into reports that an abandoned house being used as an illegal- drug den could have caused the blaze that gutted at least 38 houses in Barangay Pajo, Lapu-Lapu City on Sunday morning.

Senior Fire Officer 2 Climaco Salisid, of the Lapu-Lapu City Fire Department, said they received the alarm at about 9:30 a.m. and was soon raised to third alarm. The fire was declared out at about 10:55 a.m.

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