A fire Thursday morning in San Fernando, La Union , Philippines. Excerpts from an article by Jun Elias, The Philippine Star:
A fire lasting nearly four hours, blamed on children playing with matches, gutted 20 commercial establishments and residential houses along the national highway in Barangay Sevilla here.
The fire started at around 9:15 a.m. and was put under control at around 1 p.m. It reached the fifth alarm and caused heavy traffic on the city’s main roads.
Michael Ruiz, one of the displaced residents, told The STAR that the fire allegedly started in a room of his house where his children, aged below six, allegedly toyed with matches, burning the foam of their bed.
