There was a small fire inside the BTL Park on Saturday night, which caused a stir, and left the thatch roofing of a palapa destroyed.
Fortunately, the authorities quickly got the situation under control, and today, police shared more details with the press:
ASP Alejandro Cowo, CIB - Eastern Division
"On Saturday night just before midnight, police were called to BTL Park, located on Newtown Barracks where upon arrival they observed one of the palapas engulfed in fire. As a result the fire department personnel arrived and they extinguished the palapa. Only the thatch roof was destroyed and what police had gathered so far is that just minutes earlier there was a group of male persons that were seen under the palapa drinking and it is suspected that probably one of them might have left a cigarette butt or something on the palapa which ignited the palapa. There is no sign of accelerant that was used."
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