5 dead in Sorsogon City public market fire
The Sorsogon provincial police said the victims were found huddled inside the comfort room of a stall in the Sorsogon City public market after a fire razed much of its main building before midnight Saturday, 24 October.
ENGULFED. Firemen from different stations in Sorsogon City and nearby areas work together to put out the huge fire that engulfed the main building of the Sorsogon City public market before midnight Saturday, 24 October. Five people were found inside the comfort room of a market stall during clearing operations by morning of Sunday, 25 October.
SORSOGON PROVINCIAL INFORMATION OFFICE
NAGA CITY – Five people died in the fire that razed the main building of the public market in Sorsogon City before midnight Saturday, 24 October, the Sorsogon provincial police said in a report.
The police said victims Lerisa Grefalda Tadong, 40, her daughter Chloe and three market vendors perished in the fire which hit the market located in Barangay Sampaloc at around 10:40 p.m. The Tadongs were residents of Barangay Cawit in Casiguran, also in Sorsogon province.
Their bodies were reportedly found huddled inside the comfort room of the stall that Tadong owned, the Sorsogon police said. They were initially reported missing while the fire was raging.
Fire trucks from all over Sorsogon City and nearby areas responded, but despite the quick reaction and the number of responders, the fire raged and consumed much of the wet and dry sections of the building, which was mostly made of wood. It destroyed numerous stalls that were selling seafood, fish, meat, clothes, and other goods.
The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) Sorsogon City declared the fire out at around 2:25 a.m. Sunday, 25 October.
The BFP has launched an investigation on the origin of the fire and to find out the exact extent and amount of the damage.