Tag: fire safety violations

BFP: Electrical short circuit caused deadly NCCC mall fire

(Eagle News) — The fire that hit the NCCC mall on December 23 in Davao and resulted in the deaths of 38 people  was due to a short circuit. This is according to Inter-agency Anti-Arson Task Force spokesperson Superintendent Jerry Candido, who received a report of the arson laboratory on the incident on Wednesday night. According to Candido, the faulty electrical wiring was in the “ceiling” located between the furniture and fabric sections.” He said these were […]