Hello Steemians! My heart broke into a million pieces when I heard the news that Victoria Galleria was devastated by fire. The beautiful mall that became one of the tourist spot in Bataan is now looks like a haunted house because of the ashes and smoke that the fire caused. This mall is the largest mall in Bataan before the Vista mall was created. Bataeños or people in Bataan express their sadness in the social media on what happened. The fire takes three days before it declare cleared. This is how Victoria Galleria looks at night.
You will be amaze how it looks like at night. It is truly beautiful that's why there are a lot of people who go to this place to see the beauty of it. Whenever I seat in the stairway to watch the colorful fountain and see those children playing in the plaza it take away my stress. There are families, a group of friends and even students who stay in this place to have a bonding and enjoy different foods in the mall especially when there is a food bazaar.
This mall used to be my hang out place when I'm was college. This is three to five minutes walk away from my school. If I have a vacant time I'm always there. I love the appearance of this mall. I feel like I'm was in different country like Italy that's why I took a lot of pictures in this place.
It is sad that it takes almost a year to finish this mall and became one of the tourist spot and landmarks in Bataan since this was built in the only one city in Bataan which is Balanga. It was Italian Gothic inspired infrastructure that are connected to the plaza hotel and the municipal hall of Balanga. In the other way you will see the San Jose Parish Church and you can see also the monument of our national hero Dr. Jose P. Rizal in the middle of this that will surely catch your attention.
Who wouldn't be sad if you will see this? All we're destroy after the it had burned in three days.
Everything turns into ashes. The fire fighters can't get inside the mall immediately because the fire is under control since day one. There are explosion during the time of fire because of the appliances and different gadgets that was suppose to sell in that said mall. Many investor's are affected because of their lost.
Balanga city asked also help to the of BFP groups in the near places like SBMA and Pampanga. We are still lucky that no one get hurt or died in the incident. I am also proud and I salute for all the fire fighters. I will keep on praying that everything will be okay and Balanga city will rise again after the tragic incident.
Thanks for reading.
Photo source: Google Facebook and some pictures are mine.
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