Fires hit homes in QC, Makati


Fires razed homes in Barangay UP campus, Quezon City, as well as Magallanes Village in Makati City on Tuesday, Feb. 25.

According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the UP campus fire was raised to the first alarm at 7:37 a.m.

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The fire was declared under control at 8:00 a.m. and was extinguished at 8:15 a.m. 

Arson investigators are still investigating the cause of the fire and the amount of damage it caused to property. 

Another house was gutted by a fire inside Magallanes Village in Makati City on Monday, Feb. 24, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) reported.

The BFP said the blaze started at 1:06 p.m. and was raised to the 2nd alarm at 1:15 p.m. 

Firefighters declared fire out at 1:43 p.m.

No one was reportedly hurt during the inferno.

Arson investigators are still determining the cause of the fire and amount of damage to property.

Meanwhile, another fire broke out at a junk shop in Visayas Extension  Barangay Payatas B, Quezon City on Monday evening, Feb. 24.

The fire was raised to the first alarm at 11:12 p.m. and was declared under control at 11:34 p.m.

Eleven firetrucks responded to the fire aside from the fire volunteer groups. 

The blaze was extinguished at 11:41 a.m.