A WAREHOUSE located in Barangay Ermita, Cebu City, caught fire past 4 a.m. on Thursday, August 29, 2024.
The warehouse is owned by Ryan Yaturo and rented by Saldy Vicente, 61, and Jeffrey Estrada.
Vicente stated that unattended electric fan may have caused the fire. Among the items burned were a cargo truck, two motorcycles, 11 fighting cocks and goods intended to be sold at the Carbon Public Market, such as flour, edible oil, catsup, and noodles (pansit), among others.
"Akung duda ang electric fan gyud kay dili man gud na usahay mapawong. Nakadungog kog tingog sa bombero pero wala lang nako kay abi nako mga balay ra, sus nagdagan ang akung tawo niingun nga ang bodega naman diay ang nasunog," Vicente said.
(I suspect it's the electric fan we forgot to switch off. I heard the sound of the firetruck, but I did not bother it thinking a house was burned, but my employee hurriedly went and reported that the warehouse was on fire).
The Cebu City Fire Office received the fire alarm at 3:51 a.m.
It was raised to first alarm at 3:56 p.m. and was declared fire out after 26 minutes.
The warehouse’s firewall, however, prevented the fire from spreading to other establishments.
Firemen placed the damage at P6 million. (AYB, TPT) (AYB)