A fire has killed a woman and her six children in a tent refuge for Typhoon Haiyan survivors. Source: AAP
A WOMAN and her six children who were in a shelter for survivors of Typhoon Haiyan have all died after a fire swept through their tent.
The tragedy highlights the slow progress in the resettlement of tens of thousands of survivors of Haiyan, which struck more than six months ago.
The fire was caused by a kerosene lamp and quickly consumed the canvas tent on Tuesday, Tacloban city disaster management officer Derrick Anido said.
The shelter was one of 40 in a "tent city" in San Jose district, which was wiped out by tsunami-like storm surges and fierce winds from Typhoon Haiyan in November.
The children - who died from burns and suffocation - ranged in age from four months to 12 years old, Anido said.
The woman and her seven-year-old son survived the fire initially but both died later in hospital.
"It happened around 12:20am ... but it was so fast that by 12:30 it was over," Anido said, adding that everyone was sleeping when the fire broke out.
Anido, quoting investigators, said the family apparently had trouble opening the tent's zipper door.
Tacloban is still trying to recover from the devastation wrought by the typhoon, which barrelled through the central Philippines, killing at least 6,300 people and displacing more than four million.
"The problem is that so many people are still living in tents and we have been saying all along that these tents are fire hazards," Anido said. "And we have been requesting (the national government) to relocate them to safer shelters."
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