The only facility in Mindanao for mental patients, Davao Mental Hospital burned down at 6:30 a.m. on Wednesday. Fire investigators placed the total cost of damage to P2 million.

Chief of the investigation and intelligence section of the Bureau of Fire Protection 11 Rodolfo Alocelja said that except for the multi-purpose hall and gymnasium, most of the structures made of wood were destroyed.

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