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Fire razes Romblon town social hall


A predawn fire razed a town social hall and several vehicles near the building in Romblon province on Monday. Radio dzRH reported the fire started at 12:30 a.m. and damaged the social hall of Cajidiocan town, along with a dump truck, speedboat and an Asian utility vehicle. Town police head Inspector Mark Jason Gatdula cited initial reports indicating that the fire spread quickly because of the explosion of the vehicles. Gatdula also said firefighters from nearby Magdiwang town arrived at 3:00 a.m., nearly three hours after the fire started. He said they are still investigating the cause of the fire. Cajidiocan is a fourth-class town in Romblon’s Sibuyan Island. It has a population of 19,369 people in 3,911 households. –VVP, GMANews.TV

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