Firefighters Tackle El Salvador Market Blaze

This footage shows firefighters tackling a huge fire in this market in El Salvador.

The incident took place at the El Colon market, which is located in El Salvador's second city of Santa Ana in the western part of the country on Sunday night (17th October), according to local media outlet the La Paz Times.

The newspaper reports that the swift intervention of firefighters prevented the blaze from spreading.

Edwin Chavarria, the head of El Salvador's firefighters, said there were currently no theories about the causes of the blaze an investigation was ongoing to determine how it started.

At the time of writing there had been no reports of any injuries or loss of life.

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