Fire hits school in Quezon City

Fire hits school in Quezon City

/ 10:00 AM September 15, 2023

Fire hits school in Quezon City

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MANILA, Philippines — The Starland International School (SIS) on 12th avenue, Brgy. Socorro, Quezon City was hit by a fire on Friday.

The city’s Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) told that the incident was declared “fire out” at 10:18 .am.

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The first alarm was raised at 9:04 a.m, while the second alarm was at 9:16 a.m.

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The fire was already under control by 9:57 a.m.

BFP said that the cause of the fire and damage it brought are still under investigation.

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An official of the school, meanwhile, said there were classes when the fire broke out but all students and personnel were able to safely evacuate the area.

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“Meron po silang pasok kanina, pero nailabas naman po sila agad. Wala naman po [na nasaktan]. Okay naman po sila and well-informed po lahat ng parents,” Sally dela Cruz, Assistant to the Vice President of SIS said over the phone.

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(They had classes earlier, but they were immediately dismissed. No one was injured. They are all okay, and all parents were well-informed.)

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Dela Cruz added the school will be posting an incident report on its official page later.

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