Fire hits part of Phivolcs QC office

MANILA, Philippines—Roughly P500,000-worth of properties went up in smoke when fire struck a portion of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology office in Quezon City Thursday, a city fire officer said.

Fire Officer 3 Francisco Mabunga said the fire engulfed the fourth floor of the Phivolcs office located along C.P. Garcia Avenue, Barangay (village) UP Campus, Diliman, Quezon City at 3:35 p.m.

Information as to whether the affected floor has occupants was not immediately available.

The fire reached second alarm before it was put out at 3:55 p.m. Jamie Marie Elona