Fire hits gun shop in Marikina

MANILA, Philippines — A fire broke out at the Armscor Shooting Center Inc.’s branch in Marikina City on Thursday afternoon, according to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP).

BFP said it received a report about an ongoing blaze at the gun shop in Barangay Fortune around 1:55 p.m.

The agency’s report revealed that the fire reached the second alarm around 4:04 p.m. shortly after responders arrived at the scene at 4 p.m.

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It added that the blaze was placed under control around 4:45 p.m. and was extinguished at 5:20 p.m.

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The agency said it deployed around 10 trucks in the area, but there are no reports yet on the number of residents who got injured or died.

BFP said that it has yet to determine the cause of the fire.

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