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05-06-2008, 05:40 PM
An early morning fire on Sunday destroyed 23 businesses and affected 13 others at the Mercado Nuevo on Santo Domingo's busy Duarte Avenue. Damage is estimated at RD$100 million, and most of the businesses were not insured, according to Bolivar Perez, spokesman for the businesses. Perez is asking for government aid for uninsured stallholders. At the moment crews are cleaning up the debris. Electricity and telephone services have yet to be restored to the market. Fire Chief Colonel Jose Luis Frometa says that they have determined where the fire started, but not the cause.
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