Meanwhile, most devastating of all is for someone to lose a family member such as the case of 24-year-old Ricky Franco. Franco was out to work as a pedicab driver in Sta. Cruz, Manila while his wife, pregnant of their second child, also was out to buy her medicine when the fire struck about 2pm last February 19.
Samantala, higit na malungkot ang mawala ang isang kapamilya tulad na lamang sa kaso ng 24 taong gulang na si Ricky Franco. Nagtatrabaho sa lansangan ng Sta. Cruz noon si Franco bilang isang pedicab driver samantala ang kanyang asawang buntis sa kanilang pangalawang anak, ay lumabas upang bumili ng gamot nang biglang nagkasunog ika-2:00 ng hapon noong Pebrero 19.