Fire in the public marketplace:

Our oldest public market, which is right across the river, caught on fire last Saturday night. Luckily for me it was on a Saturday, since I work in a building in front of this, the smoke spread throughout the area. The weather helped minimize damage to the air, and as it rained on Sunday, monday the air was clean.
The city's mayor had a trip scheduled to Brasilia on Monday for a meeting with President Dilma Rousseff, and now will be as targets of the conversation a request for federal funds for reconstruction and modernization of the market. The President Dilma must be sensitive to this issue, as she studied and majored in economics at the local college, and when she lived here, was frequenter of this market. 
There were no injuries and now everything is fine.

Public Market - 1.875.

http://noticias.terra.com.br/brasil/cidades/rs-preventivo-de-incendio-do-mercado-publico-venceu-em-2007,abfeb30dc09bf310VgnVCM20000099cceb0aRCRD.html

https://www.google.com/search?q=mercado+publico+poa+fotos&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:pt-BR:official&channel=np&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=dlPdUarWCZDU9ATxkYHQDA&ved=0CCoQsAQ&biw=1280&bih=616

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porto_Alegre_Public_Market

http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercado_P%C3%BAblico_de_Porto_Alegre