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Wednesday, December 15, 2004
P8M lost in fire
By Joy G. Romares
AROUND eight million pesos worth of property was lost in a fire that razed through a hardware store just thirty minutes after the four-hour long power interruption was restored downtown, Monday night.
Joselito Occidental, owner of the Occidental Hardware located at the corner Magallanes Street and Quirino Avenue, believes the fire started with a short circuit.
The incident happened at around 8 p.m., thirty minutes after power was restored.
Apparently, something was left on when power went off at around 4 p.m.
The surge of electricity when power was restored could have triggered the fire.
The fire lasted for about one and a half hour.
It was controlled at around 9:45 p.m. by the Bangoy Fire Station, Filipino-Chinese Fire Volunteer Brigade, and Central Fire Station.
Meanwhile, commuters who were on their way home, were caught in a horrendous gridlock.
Passenger jeepneys enroute to Matina and Puan had to take the Ecoland route since police closed the road from corner Magallanes Street to the Bankerohan overpass.
(December 15, 2004 issue)
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