A fire hit the house of a city councilor in Barangay Western Bicutan in Taguig on Sept. 23. 

According to the Taguig City Fire Station, the blaze started at about 10:12 p.m. from the house owned by Taguig District 2 Councilor Nicky Supan on Sampaloc Street in the barangay. 

Firefighters raised the first alarm at 10:20 p.m. It was put under control at 10:39 p.m. and put out at 10:50 p.m. 

Smoke coming out of the house of Taguig Councilor Nicky Supan on Sept. 23 (Photos from Paltok Fire and Rescue Brigage's Facebook page)

Taguig District 2 Councilor Nicky Supan (Photos from Councilor Supan's Facebook account)

The fire started from a dressing room on the third floor of the five-storey house and damaged  about P80,000 worth of properties, the fire station reported. 

In a public post on Facebook on Sept. 24, Janelle Nico Calimag Supan said the incident was traumatic. 

She said they were on the fourth floor celebrating their mother’s birthday when the fire broke out from the third floor. 

“Nakakatrauma talaga! Nagkakasayahan kami dahil birthday ni mommy, may munting pagsasalo kasama ang pamilya. Nasa 4th floor kami at galing sa 3rd floor ang sunog. Mabuti at nakababa kami agad dahil may usok na (It was really traumatic! We were having fun because it’s mom’s birthday and we were having a simple celebration with the family. We were on the fourth floor and the fire started from the third floor. It was a good thing that we were able to immediately come down because there was already smoke),” she wrote. 

Here is the rest of her Facebook post: 

“Sa ganitong sitwasyon, matataranta ka pero kailangan mo ng presence of mind. Lahat ng pwede naming icontact, kinontak namin, pero ang tagal nilang magresponde. Deretso kaming Barangay Western Bicutan dahil alam naming may firetruck at mga fire extinguisher para hindi na madamay ang mga kapitbahay. Pero pagdating namin sa barangay, hindi pa pinansin yung kuya ko. Parang kailangan pa namin ipakita na natataranta kami para umaksyon sila agad. Walang firetruck at nagdala lang ng tatlong fire extinguisher pero tubig pa ang laman, jusko ho.

“Maraming salamat sa unang Fire Department FTI, Arca, na nagresponde. Sinubukan ko pa ring maging kalmado pero nanginginig na ako habang sinusulat ang address kasi isisend sa GC ng mga fire department sa iba't ibang lugar na pwedeng agad rumesponde.

“On the way na ang firetruck, pero maraming taong nakaharang sa daan, hindi makadaan yung firetruck. Sorry not sorry, pero yung mga tanod na akala pa naming tutulong, aba mukhang masaya at sabay sabing “Hayaan nyo na yan kay Supan naman yan!” Aba ho, sobra na! Sa ganitong sitwasyon, agarang solusyon at serbisyo dapat ang una ninyong itulong. Isantabi ninyo ang politika, tumulong kayo sa nasasakupan ninyo! Hindi ko na dapat sabihin pa ito pero nakakaalarma. Wag nyo sanang gagawin yan sa iba!

“Maaaring sa wirings ang ugat ng sunog pero still under investigation pa rin. Ligtas po kaming buong pamilya at walang nasaktan. Maging aral din po sana ito sa atin. Lumapit agad sa fire station dahil mas alam nila ang dapat gawin at may mga kagamitan sila.

“Maraming salamat sa mga kapitbahay na unang umaksyon habang wala pa ang mga bombero at sa mga bombero, saludo po kami sa inyo! At maraming salamat ☝🏻SAYO, hindi mo kami pinabayaan, ang lakas talaga namin SAYO!”

A netizen commented, “Thank you Lord at safe po kayong pamilya.”

A total of 25 fire trucks and two ambulances responded to the incident.