One million worth of handicrafts hit by fire in Quiapo

Miami
May 14, 2008
Story: One million worth of handicrafts hit by fire in Quiapo

Store selling handicrafts in Quiapo Manila was hit by fire Wednesday morning reached Fifth alarm. No one was reported injured.

According to the report of SFO2 Wilson Tana, fire investigator, the fire started at 9:25 am and reached its fifth alarm at around 10:10 am. But it was only delared fire out at 12:52 pm.

Among those were burned are furniture made of wood like hammock, cabinets and alike.

The origin of the fire was at the mezzanine of the store in #306 Carlos Palanca St. a store near under the bridge of Quezon boulevard. The cause of the fire still under investigation, but according to the information that they are gathering, many people were saying somebody threw a cigarette puff at the store.

The fire easily spread because most of the things there were made of wood and rattan and some other light materials. The estimated damages were about P1 million.