Fire destroys Catholic radio station in Tawi-Tawi

Fire destroyed a radio station run by catholic priests in a Muslim dominated province in the southern Philippines Wednesday, officials said.

No one was injured or killed.

The fire broke out sometime after 11:15 a.m. at the second floor of DXGB radio station, owned by Sulu Tawi-Tawi Broadcasting Foundation and Catholic Broadcasting Network, in Barangay (village) Pag-asa, Bongao.

“There was a loud explosion at the second floor before the fire engulfed the building,” said Babylyn Omar, the radio station manager.

The building was in full flames when the firefighters arrived, but it took them almost 1 hour to stop the fire, and all the station’s contents were destroyed, according to Omar.

Sources from the town’s Bureau of Fire and Protection said faulty electrical wiring inside the building's ceiling caused the blaze. (HG)