DIGOS City ― A 21-year-old man set himself on fire inside their house and died on Saturday evening at Barangay Linawan, Bansalan, Davao del Sur, police said.

Captain Orlando Udalve, Bansalan police chief said in a statement that a call from a concerned citizen alerted his office regarding the suicide incident that occurred at about 8:35 pm on July 8.

Udalve identified the fatality as Almiko Jason Burlaza Alilin, single, and a resident of Purok-1, Barangay Linawan, Bansalan town.

FIRE. Bureau of Fire Protection personnel conducted a retrieval operation inside the torched house of the victim who reportedly committed suicide by setting the house on fire while locking himself inside the room. Photo by Bansalan Police Station

The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) in Bansalan and the local police were immediately dispatched to respond to the call for assistance.

Firefighters tried to contain the fire to save the man but to no avail. The man was already dead when the authorities retrieved the severely burnt body.

Relatives told police investigators that the victim previously stated he will commit suicide.

Prior to the incident, Alilin was on a drinking spree with friends and relatives before going home, locked himself inside a room, and set the house on fire, the report said.

The police are still conducting a thorough investigation if it was really a suicide incident or if there was foul play.

He was brought to a local funeral home in Bansalan town.