Fire destroys nearly 100-year-old Manila Central Post Office
Fire destroys nearly 100-year-old Manila Central Post Office
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Fire destroys nearly 100-year-old Manila Central Post Office
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A massive fire tore through Manila’s historic post office building overnight, slightly injuring one person and razing the nearly 100-year-old landmark in the Philippine capital, police and postal officials said Monday.
Built in 1926, the structure is one of the Philippine capital’s most recognizable landmarks. The cause of the fire was unclear on Monday.
The Manila Central Post Office was the country’s main mail-sorting and distribution hub.
Heritage advocates are in solidarity in mourning the destruction by fire of the nearly century-old Manila Central Post Office building at the Liwasang Bonifacio, Manila early Monday.