CAPIZ FORUM
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Fire razes Pilar market
BY FELIPE CELINO
ROXAS City — The public market of Pilar, Capiz was razed by fire on January 1.
Some eight market stalls were burned; the damage was pegged at P200,000, according to Fire Officer 2 Marlon Garbo, information officer of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) here.
A resident of the town informed the BFP of the fire that was allegedly caused by a burning cigarette butt thrown to a pile of charcoal, Garbo said.
Different fire stations in the province responded to the incident.
It took the firefighters an hour before they contained the blaze, the fire officer said.
The stalls were made by light materials, the reason why they easily got burned, fire officers said.
However, the arson investigator is still studying the real cause of the fire.
In another story, a 39-year-old was stabbed by a man allegedly suffering from a mental illness.
Joey Bayon of Brgy. Tungo, Panay, Capiz sustained a stab wound on the body, allegedly inflicted by Wilky Borio, 26, also of the same village, police said.
Police said Borio was enraged when he saw Bayon and the girl he was courting having a date in Brgy. Inseñangan, Panitan, Capiz.
The suspect later surrendered to the Panitan police station in Panitan town.
The police eyed love triangle as the motive behind the incident./PN
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