Fire at Merca Santo Domingo

[Dolores]

A major fire impacted the Merca Santo Domingo fresh produce market in northern Santo Domingo. 21 firefighting units from the National District, Santo Domingo province and San Cristobal were sent to help put out the blaze that impacted an area of around 700 square meters at the market’s F1 industrial building.

In its reporting as of 8pm, Diario Libre says no one had been reported injured, and there were yet no reports on what could have caused the fire.

Merca Santo Domingo is located about half an hour from the capital city, at km 22 off Duarte Highway in the municipality of Pedro Brand, Santo Domingo province.

Noticias SIN reported that at least 65 small businesses were impacted. The fire impacted an area where alcoholic beverages were in stock and other highly flammable goods.

Noticias SIN reported that according to Sócrates Díaz, administrator of...

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[JD Jones]

Why in the world would alcoholic beverages be stored in a farmers' market?

 

[Manuel01]

Why in the world would alcoholic beverages be stored in a farmers' market?

"Farmers Market" used to be the Plan when they opened it eleven years ago.
Just another " Brilliant Idea" from the Danilo Medina Government. By Car it takes you more than an Hour to get there from the City Center.
Nobody went there after a few weeks and this place turned into a Ghost town. They started renting out storage places to anybody a ling time ago.
Plenty of stable electricity, therefor a lot of Cold Room Storage over there.
Maybe 10% of all facilities are still used by vendors of fruits and veggy's.