Overview
- An electrical fire broke out in the market's basement parking and triggered an immediate full evacuation before firefighters declared the blaze extinguished.
- Fire crews deployed multiple engine companies and drone teams to control the fire and to ventilate the basement to clear smoke and hot spots.
- Only one person received minor treatment for smoke inhalation and no serious injuries were reported, a result officials attribute to the market's emergency plan.
- Local officials say a fault in a basement electrical panel is the leading hypothesis but stress that a formal technical report is still required to confirm the cause.
- Vendors have been allowed controlled access to remove perishable stock and the market's full reopening will depend on the ventilation work and the damage assessment, which will also shape recovery logistics for stallholders.