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LOS BANOS, Laguna, Philippines—Fire hit a textile factory in Imus City, Cavite, Friday morning, causing damage estimated at P2.5 million, police said.
The fire at Monti Textile Manufacturing Corp. in Barangay Anabu I started around 9:30 a.m. Friday, Superintendent Redrico Maranan, Imus City police chief, said in a text message.
It continued past 1 p.m., although by then it had been declared “under control” by the Bureau of Fire and Protection and the police, Maranan said.
The fire originated in the mid-section of the warehouse and its cause was still under undetermined, he said.
The authorities estimated the cost of damaged textile materials at P2.5 million.
No one was injured as the factory workers were all able to evacuate immediately, Maranan said.