Fire hits mayor’s gasoline station

A FIRE hit the stockroom of the Petron gasoline station owned by Compostela mayor elect Joel Quiño in Poblacion, Compostela town at 6 p.m yesterday.

PO1 Jane Monteseno, desk officer of the Compostela police, said the fire which was reported at 6:01 p.m. hit the stockroom of Quiño’s gasoline station.

A radio report said fire trucks from the neighboring city of Danao and Carmen town put out the fire.

It was unclear last night why no Compostela fire truck responded to the fire alarm.

The Compostela fire station phone number could not be reached.

Compostela town is now under the leadership of acting mayor Jerome Gonzales, the provincial head of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), due to a pending election protest filed against Quiño by former mayor Ritchie Wagas. Chief of Reporters Doris C. Bongcac