Fire hits residential building in Olongapo City
Firefighters try to extinguish the blazs that struck a residential building at Barangay Sta. Rita in Olongapo City on Monday morning, April 15. (Photo by Olongapo City Information Center)
OLONGAPO CITY – A fire razed a residential building in Barangay Sta. Rita in this city early Monday, April 15, authorities said.
Jeffrey Lapid, Olongapo Fire Rescue Operations chief, said they received at 7:50 a.m. multiple calls from concerned citizens about the fire in Balic- Balic Road.
“Right there and then we dispatched a team from the city disaster risk reduction management office and the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP),” said Lapid in a phone interview.
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Citing reports from BFP, Lapid said the engulfed structure is a mix of light and concrete materials.
He said the damage was pegged at P300,000.
The fire was declared under control at 8:10 a.m. and extinguished a few minutes later.
The BFP is still conducting an investigation to establish the cause of the fire. No one was hurt in the incident. INQ
