CABANATUAN CITY - A fire caused by firecrackers razed at least P8-million worth of properties in the Cabanatuan City Public Market Saturday night.
Senior Insp. Cesar Balane, Cabanatuan City fire marshal, said that besides the market structures and contents, four tricycles and an owner-type jeep were burned by fire that broke out at about 9:05 p.m. Firemen said the blaze was contained before 11 p.m.
Investigators said the fire started when a kwitis or baby rocket being test fired in a nearby shopping center on Paco Roman Street hit a firecracker stall.
Balane said the firecracker stalls were all without permits even as they were located in an area different from what his office had earlier recommended.
No one was reported hurt.
The fire burned down some 20 stalls in the public market and three stalls in the Ventanilla Building along Burgos Street, which included dry goods, a bakery and drugstores.
At least 17 fire trucks from all over Nueva Ecija and one from a Tarlac City-based civic group beefed up the nine Cabanatuan City trucks in containing the blaze, Balane said. -Armand M. Galang
Wednesday, January 03, 2007
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