A fire believed to have been caused by an unplugged electric fan gutted a warehouse in barangay Tinago, Cebu City on Good Friday.
The warehouse’s concrete firewall prevented the fire from spreading to neighboring establishments including the office of the National Statistics Office (NSO), said SF03 Delfin Abella, chief of the Parian Fire Sub-station.
Delfin said the warehouse was left unmanned as workers were on holiday. Part of its roof caved in while the exterior remained intact.
The fire was reported at 10:15 a.m. and was controlled 30 minutes later. It burned offices, supplies and a delivery truck parked inside the warehouse rented by WWR Enterprises.
WWR Enterprises, owned by Wally Ang,is engaged in the manufacture and sale of plastic hangers, basins and pails.
Fire damage was pegged at P500,000.
Delfin said residents called up the Parian sub-station after they noticed thick black smoke coming out of the warehouse on M. J. Cuenco Avenue.
Fire trucks from sub-stations in barangays Pahian, Mabolo, Pardo, Lahug and Talamban and those from the Filipino-Chinese Fire Brigade and the Emergency Response Unit Foundation (Eruf) responded to the alarm.
Further investigation will be made to determine what caused the fire. /WITH XU INTERN IRISH MAIKA R. LAM