Third alarm raised in Quezon City school fire
Aftermath of the fire at Dao Building, San Francisco High School (formerly Don Mariano Marcos High School) in Barangay Ramon Magsaysay, Quezon City, which broke out at 11:03 a.m. The situation was raised to a second alarm by 11:07 a.m. The Philippine Red Cross dispatched ambulance unit 2035 with five personnel. Monitoring is ongoing.
Aram Lascano
The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) raised a third alarm Sunday after a fire broke out at San Francisco High School in Barangay Bagong Pag-asa, damaging at least 20 classrooms and the school library.
The blaze, which occurred near a shopping mall, destroyed books and papers inside the affected classrooms used by grade 9 and 10 students, BFP Chief of Operations Major Marvin Mari said.
The Cubao Zion Fire and Rescue Volunteer group reported the fire had engulfed multiple classrooms in a main school building, with thick smoke and intense heat hampering firefighting efforts.
Firefighters brought the fire under control within 30 minutes. The BFP is investigating the cause and assessing total damage.