Decades old Balite tree in Cotabato City collapses

COTABATO CITY - The decades (century?)-old balite tree along Veterans Avenue here was toppled down after a fire weakened its foundation Tuesday.A mentally disturbedman has been cooking his food beside the tree. The 4 p.m.fire caught the tree's foundation and weakened it.Nobody was hurt among the motorists.The tree was located beside the fence of Cotabato City Central Pilot Elementary School and fronting the Veterans Federation of the Philippines Regional headquarters 12. sand//scontent.fceb2-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13631417_10204829752621956_3809952722755622756_n.jpg?oh=f35d1a9098107c7613962ad05d12e4d5andampoe=5824C81B