A firetruck is now deployed near a 100-meter row of stalls selling firecrackers along the boulevard in Surigao City, to avoid a repeat of last year’s fire, where some P800,000 worth of firerackers went up in smoke.

 MindNews photo by Vanessa L. Almeda where some P800,000 worth of firerackers went up in smoke. MindNews photo by Vanessa L. Almeda