120819 Fire destroys Cremdec building in Taptap
Philippines Aug 19 2012 “Building” “Complex bldg.”
Dead : dead 0 or unknown Burnout : 1 to 29 Injured : injured 0 or unknown
Web Source: Philstar
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Date: 21 August, 2012
Country: Philippines
Fire destroys Cremdec building in Taptap
Updated: 2012-08-21-12:00
CEBU, Philippines – The Cebu City Resources Management and Development Center in Barangay Taptap was gutted by fire Sunday evening.
The fire started at 10:40 p.m. in the health center located within the building. City fire marshal Chief Insp. William Tacaldo said they received the fire alarm at 10:46 p.m. through the security guard, Glicerio Sardoncillo Jr.
Tacaldo said they have yet to determine the cause of the fire. Although he has pegged the damage at P700,000. Mayor Michael Rama has ordered to demolish what is left of the single-storey CREMDEC administrative building.
Sardoncillo said he heard an explosion prior and when he rushed to the building, the fire has already spread. He was at the dormitory when he heard the explosion.
The Cremdec administrative building also houses the City Agriculture Department’s satellite office and Barangay Taptap health center. Fire fighters arrived at about 11 p.m. but everything has been destroyed when they arrived, Sardoncillo said.
Taptap is a mountain barangay 13 kilometers away from the city proper.
Sardoncillo said firefighters from Sambag I arrived first.
Rama said that fire trucks must be put on stand-by in Barangay Taptap for the use of mountain barangays.