Fire razes San Fernando market
BAGUIO CITY — A fire that razed through the entire wet section of the public market in San Fernando City, La Union in the wee hours of Thursday morning is now being investigated by arson probers.
Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) investigators said the fire started past 1 a.m. and was only declared “fire-out” by 6:52 a.m. As of late afternoon, there were no reported injuries or estimate of the cost of damage by the BFP.
The San Fernando City government said stall owners displaced by the fire were being relocated at the covered courts of Barangay Ilocanos Sur and Norte, while the market office now temporarily operates from the Barangay Hall of Ilocanos Sur.
The city government is working with the City Council to declare a “state of calamity” in order to tap funds necessary to get the market back in operation. — Artemio A. Dumlao