Guatemala City, March 26 (IANS/EFE) More than 500 local shops were destroyed Tuesday when a fire swept through the main market in the Guatemalan capital, La Terminal, authorities said. No one was hurt in the incident.
The blaze broke out for unknown reasons around 2:30 a.m. at a spot known as "La Tomatera."
The fact that many of the shops in La Terminal were constructed of wood and plastic made it extremely difficult for firefighters to put out the blaze and allowed it to spread rapidly, the spokesperson for the Volunteer Firefighters, Mario Cruz, told reporters.
Columns of smoke from the fire could be seen from all over the Guatemalan capital.
La Terminal is the city's main market where hundreds of vendors from all over the country come to sell their wares.
--IANS/EFE
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