LEGAZPI CITY, Oct. 26 -- Five people died in a fire that broke out at the Sorsogon City Public Market on Saturday night, the provincial government confirmed Sunday.

The provincial and city governments will shoulder the victims' burial expenses, according to Salvador Mendoza, chief of the Sorsogon Provincial Information Office.

Mendoza said officials were scheduled to meet to discuss immediate assistance for affected vendors and businesses.

"Governor Edwin Hamor immediately proceeded to the scene and directed the Provincial Engineering Office to prepare a vacant lot along Sorsogon City Coastal Road for temporary stalls for affected vendors and tenants," Mendoza said.

Heavy equipment have arrived at the proposed site to prepare the tem...