20190524 Fire breaks out at commercial building in Calapan City
Philippines May 24 2019 “Stores”
Dead : dead 0 or unknown Burnout : 1 to 29 Injured : injured 0 or unknown
Fire breaks out at commercial building in Calapan City
Updated: 2019–05–25
Smoke could be seen rising from the Star Europhil Furniture and Appliance Store in Barangay Lumangbayan, Calapan City on Friday, May 25, 2019. Photo courtesy of Choy Aboboto
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – Fire volunteers from the Calapan City Public Safety Department (CCPSD) and firefighters from the Bureau of Fire Protection rushed on scene after fire broke out at a four-storey commercial building in Calapan City on Friday morning.
The fire started at 1:45 p.m. at the fourth floor of Star Europhil Furniture and Appliance Store in Barangay Lumangbayan, according to Choy Aboboto, CCPSD chief.
The establishment was owned by a Marcelino Atienza Jr.
Firefighters battled the fire and prevented it from spreading to the other floors.
The fire was declared out around 2:30 p.m., and authorities said no one was injured.
The cause of the fire remained under investigation.
BFP personnel are still assessing the total damage to property caused by the fire.
Web Source: The Nation