ILIGAN CITY, Lanao del Norte, Philippines — A three-hour fire that started dawn on Sunday, Feb. 14, razed a commercial building on the national highway in Barangay Maranding in Lala town, Lanao del Norte.
Fire Insp. Kenneth Pulig told the Inquirer by phone that an alarm was called in at around 3:30 a.m. of a fire that hit the two-story building of Alceso Marketing, formerly known as Metro Gold shopping center.
The fire reached the fourth alarm, necessitating the assistance of firefighters from Kapatagan, Baroy, Tubod, Kolambugan, and Bacolod towns.
The blaze was put out at around 6:30 a.m.
Pulig said initial investigation suggested that faulty electrical wiring might ha…
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