120728 Fire hits closed Grand Boulevard Hotel in Manila
Philippines Jul 27 2012 “Building” “Other bldg.”
Dead : dead 0 or unknown Burnout : 0 or unknown Injured : injured 0 or unknown
Web Source: GMA News Online
Date: 28 July, 2012
Country: Philippines
Fire hits closed Grand Boulevard Hotel in Manila
Updated: 2012-07-28-06:02
A predawn fire on Saturday hit a hotel that the Manila city government took over four years ago.
No one was initially reported injured in the fire that hit the Grand Boulevard Hotel, radio dzBB’s Roland Bola reported.
The fire reached the third alarm before 5 a.m., with firefighters trying to get to the roof deck from where smoke was coming out.
Arson investigators are verifying information that someone was burning copper at the roof deck and the activity may have sparked the fire.
The Grand Boulevard Hotel, located near the corner of Roxas Boulevard and Remedios Street, has been closed since the Manila city government took over it for its owners’ failure to pay real property taxes.