Uzice fire destroys butcher shop and grill in Public Garage
The Uzice fire broke out between 6 and 7 a.m. and gutted ground-floor units. The fire station is a few meters away, and the cause is still unknown.
A fire broke out this morning in the Public Garage complex in central Uzice, next to the bus station. Ground-floor units in the building were destroyed, among them a butcher shop and a grill restaurant. According to first reports, the blaze started on October 17 between 6 and 7 a.m., and firefighters kept it from spreading to nearby buildings and business premises.
What burned in the Public Garage?
The damaged building is part of the Public Garage complex, which houses several other businesses. Only part of the building was hit, the ground floor, while the other business premises in the complex, according to available information, stayed out of the fire’s reach.
The sources do not describe the extent of the damage in the same way. Kurir, Informer and Alo report that a butcher shop and a grill restaurant burned. Telegraf, citing the local portal Uzice online, says a photograph shows that ground-floor units burned, including a grill restaurant. The same paper writes that windows on the building shattered and that considerable material damage was done. Alo’s headline calls the butcher shop well known, but none of the sources names the business. Telegraf published the story at 10:47 a.m., citing the local portal Uzice online as the first source of the information.
How was the fire kept from spreading?
The fire station in Uzice is only a few meters from the Public Garage building, Telegraf reports. Firefighters and rescuers from Uzice responded quickly and the flames did not reach neighboring buildings and shops, according to Kurir, Informer and Alo. The fire stayed confined to the one building in the Public Garage complex, in the city center by the bus station.
What is known about the cause and the damage?
The cause of the fire is not known so far. The exact circumstances and the amount of material damage will be established only after the on-site investigation is finished, Kurir, Informer and Alo write. Telegraf says the damage is considerable and that the exact figure will be known only after the investigation.
The sources reviewed contain no information about injuries. They also do not say who owns the burned units or whether anyone was inside when the fire started.
What do the sources not say?
The time the fire started, between 6 and 7 a.m., is given as per first reports, so the exact moment is not confirmed. The sources also do not say how many firefighters were at the scene, how long it took to put the fire out, or whether police came to the site. Nor do they say who will lead the investigation or when its results will be known. Until that is announced, the only things known for certain are that the ground-floor units in the Public Garage burned, that the fire stayed inside that building, and that the cause has not been determined.
