ILOILO City – Properties estimated to be worth P15 million all went up in smoke after fire struck a public high school in the municipality of Altavas, Aklan yesterday morning.
The blaze started razing the Physical Education, Health and Music building of the Altavas National School around 6 a.m., according to the Bureau of Fire Protection.
Firefighters said the blaze was put under control at around 8 a.m. Almost an hour later, they declared a “fire out.”
There were no reported casualties but school records and properties like chairs were burned in the fire.
Fire trucks from Balete and Sapi-an towns helped in putting out the fire.
As this was being written, arson investigators have yet to identify the cause and origin of the blaze./PN
