Fire Blazes SM City Cebu North Wing
*First update as of May 24, 2018 4:29PM
*Second update as of May 25, 2018 1:16PM
An alarm was raised on 1:56 in the afternoon when a fire broke out in the North Wing of SM City Cebu today, May 23, 2018.
According to Nagiel B. Bañacia, OIC, Disaster Management Office at City of Cebu, the fire may have started at the La Mesa Grill’s chimney or exhaust. The fire then activated the fire sprinklers of the mall, causing water damage to some establishments within the area. Among the damaged establishments in the vicinity is La Mesa Grill.
The toxic smoke coming from the fire crawled inside the mall causing the cinema to close its operations due to the thickness of the smoke. The North Wing area was closed and mall goers were evacuated, clearing the area of people to give responders an easier time to control and stop the fire from spreading in the fire affected area.
The rest of SM City Cebu is still operational but no incoming customers are allowed to enter the establishment until the toxic smoke is cleared.
The fire was put out at 2:15 in the afternoon and as of 3:30 pm no injuries were reported. The cause is to be declared after investigation is conducted.
Due to the fire incident heavy traffic was experienced around SM City Cebu.
The Bureau of Fire Protection Investigator initially estimated the damages to be worth P30,000, further investigations are still going on to determine what caused the fire. (Aljun Cainghog)
