April 12, 2011 - around about 5:30pm, while riding a taxi cab, to send my daughter off to her grandparent's house, we were listening to the news saying that our city Sports Center is on fire. It's the left wing of the grandstand and most of the structure is made of wood. No wonder why the fire ate it up so easily.
This structure has been there for so many years and is literally old. Dry wood burns fast and according to the news, the fire stopped because it was left with nothing more to burn down. A number of fire trucks also ran out of extinguishers from their tanks because the fire covered a big area.
A part of MOGCHS - Misamis Oriental General Comprehensive High School also burned and a number of equipments, especially computers were not spared where teachers can't enter anymore their classrooms due to the smoke engulfing them.
It's good in a way because this happened during a school summer vacation, so no students were present during the incident, and teachers were able to leave the building immediately. I would not know specifically of the casualties or exact damage, but I think the Governor is scratching his head off since the Palarong Pambansa will be held here this May I think. Tsk! Tsk!
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Yeah, I think the Palarong Pambansa will be held on that place. But of course, the government will not just ignore that. I feel sorry for what had happened in that complex. But you know, things like this happened any time, any where.
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Poor thing, I do hope MOGCHS can recover there lost. Yeah, good thing there are no injuries. Thanks for the information. Keep on posting.
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