Fire hits fast-food chain in Pasay City

A branch of a popular fast-food chain was gutted by a fire in Pasay City on Sunday.

Supt. Carlos Dueñas, Pasay fire marshal, said the blaze broke out at 1:50 a.m. in the Jollibee branch on Macapagal Boulevard, near the New World Trade Center.

Dueñas said no one was hurt since the establishment was closed when the fire started.

The damage to property was estimated at around P200,000.

Firefighters needed to break the glass windows of the establishment to extinguish the fire which started in the kitchen.

It reached the first alarm before it was put out at 3 a.m.  —Dexter Cabalza

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