Three female medical students were killed in a predawn fire that razed a town health center in Nueva Ecija province Tuesday, a radio report said. Doctors at the Cabiao town health facility said a fourth medical student, a male, was rescued from the blaze and was in stable condition. “The fatalities were aged 23 to 24)” Dr. De Leon of the town health center said in an interview on dzBB radio. De Leon declined to name the fatalities, but a report on dzBB at 4 P.M. Tuesday identified the victims as Cecille Quintos, Jessa Perez and Jerilie Murillo, quoting Cabiao Fire Officer Babyboy Esquivel. According to the report, the relatives have claimed the victims' remains. Perez and Murillo were both 2006 alumni of the University of the Philippines-Manila. Miguel Ramos, who was with the three when the fire began on the second floor of the health center at approximately 2:45 in the morning, survived. De Leon said the victims were assigned to the center by the St. Luke's College of Medicine's department of community and family medicine in Quezon City. “St. Luke's sends medical students for a one-month rotation as part of the students' curriculum,” he said. Provers said the students were sleeping in the health center when fire broke out at the two
