A fire broke out on Thursday (August 6) in a popular market in Bolivia's most-populated city, Santa Cruz, with no fatalities reported.

The fire started at dawn in the Feria Barrio Lindo market, the main market in the economic hub of Santa Cruz, according to media reports, which added that no casualties had been reported.

The Bolivian prosecutor's office said it had launched an investigation to determine the cause of the fire.

The Volunteer Firefighters UUBR said 50 members were working to put out the flames.

DESCRIPCIÓN DE IMÁGENES

1. VARIOUS OF FLAMES CONSUMING MARKET STRUCTURE

2. FLAMES SEEN INSIDE MARKET

3. VENDORS INSIDE MARKET, FLAMES IN THE BACKGROUND

4. PLUME OF SMOKE RISING FROM MARKET

5. (MUTE) VARIOUS OF DRONE FOOTAGE OF PLUMES OF SMOKE RISING FROM MARKET

6. VENDORS, IN MARKET CORRIDOR, FLAMES IN THE BACKGROUND

7. FIREFIGHTER INSTRUCTING VENDORS NOT TO PASS

8. VARIOUS OF VENDORS CARRYING WATER IN BUCKETS

9. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) FIREFIGHTER, ENRIQUE BRUNO, SAYING:

"We are protecting a large part of the market, the most important market in the country. Here, there must be some self-criticism over what happened because this was negligence by people who were not aware of the risks they were taking when they did not follow the rules."

10. SMOKE SHROUDING VENDORS

11. VARIOUS OF FIREFIGHTERS PUTTING OUT FLAMES

12. SMOKE SURROUNDING MARKET

13. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) VENDOR, MIGUEL QUISBERT, SAYING:

"I have been a vendor for over 30 years. We learned of the fire at 5 in the morning and we came hoping to do something and save something, but it was too late. The fire had consumed everything, the streets were full of smoke — there was nothing we could do."

14. VARIOUS OF VENDORS SALVAGING ITEMS

15. SMOKE SHROUDING STREET