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Fire hits Caesar Sauna, employee hurt
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Posted on Sep 24 2008
A short circuit in the stereo system triggered a fire at Caesar Sauna in Garapan Tuesday night, injuring one employee.
Medics treated the 30-year-old female employee at the scene for minor burns in her right palm, according to the Department of Public Safety yesterday.
DPS spokesperson Lei Ogumoro said DPS Central received a report of a fire at Caesar Sauna Tuesday at 10:24pm.
After four minutes, firefighters arrived at the scene and put the blaze under control at 11:01pm, Ogumoro said.
According to the DPS Fire Prevention Unit, the fire was confined to a small room on the second floor that was occupied by one of the employees.
Several occupants of the Caesar Sauna repeatedly attempted to extinguish the fire using fire extinguishers, but were unsuccessful.
Ogumoro said further investigation revealed that the electrical wires of a stereo system plugged into a wall-mounted receptacle had short-circuited. This caused the wooden base of the stereo system to catch on fire.
The DPS spokesperson said investigators noted that the room had a leaking roof, where water trailed toward the electrical outlet.
Moderate fire damage was confined to the affected room while smoke damage included almost half of the second floor.
However, Ogumoro said, major water damage spread out across the second floor as a result of suppression activities and the leaking roof.
“The cause of the fire has been determined to be accidental in nature,” she added.
