MANILA, Philippines — As Typhoon “Glenda” ripped through Metro Manila Wednesday, fire hit a warehouse of a fastfood chain in a commercial-residential area in Marikina City although no injuries were reported.
A firetruck from Barangay Marikina Heights chaired by Captain Edwin Adigue arrives at the scene of the fire at Wendy’s Warehouse Wednesday, July 16, 2014, at the height of Typhoon “Glenda”. No one was hurt in the incident, which is under investigation. LYNETTE ORDONEZ-LUNA/INQUIRER.net
Superintendent Marcos Valen of the city’s fire department told INQUIRER.net that the fire at the warehouse of Wendy’s Hamburger along Gen. Mariano Ordonez St. in Marikina Heights started at 9:25 a.m and was put out at 9:40 a.m.
Valen said the cause of the fire, which an unidentified staff claimed started at the IT and training office, was under investigation.
Investigators check the area of the IT office of the Wendy’s Food warehouse in Barangay Marikina Heights in Marikina where the fire reportedly started Wednesday, July 16, 2014. LYNETTE ORDONEZ-LUNA/INQUIRER.net
When INQUIRER.net tried to get more information, a female employee, who was identified as an executive, angrily told this writer off despite efforts to get the side of the company.
First to respond to the alarm was the team of volunteers of Barangay Captain Edwin Adigue who told INQUIRER.net in a separate interview that they arrived about five minutes after the fire alarm sounded off.
When asked why a food warehouse was in a largely residential area, Adigue said this was based on a city ordinance that classified Marikina Heights as a “residential-commercial” area.
He said that based on the latest census of the National Statistics office there were 38,000 homes in Marikina Heights.
He also said that no casualties have been reported so far from “Glenda”.
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