00:00A fire broke out in a commercial establishment in Novaliches, Quezon City.
00:09This is the first live news of James Agustin.
00:12James, how is the situation there now?
00:15Maris, at 6.27 this morning, the Bureau of Fire Protection declared the fire under control
00:24in a fire that broke out in a market here in Barangay Santa Monica in Novaliches, Quezon City.
00:30At 5 in the morning, Maris, when this fire started,
00:32the story of our shopkeepers is that the fire spread quickly in adjacent shops here in the market.
00:38This is also one of the biggest markets here in Barangay Santa Monica.
00:42The third alarm was raised by the Bureau of Fire Protection.
00:45There were 22 fire trucks responding,
00:48as well as fire volunteers.
00:50The shops in some of the shops were completely destroyed.
00:53The shopkeepers were in trouble,
00:54especially as they were just waking up from the flood that they experienced the past few days.
01:01As you can see, Maris, this morning,
01:03the heavy rainfall accompanied the fire that was spreading here in the market.
01:08The shops were completely destroyed.
01:10Just here in front, you can see,
01:12the egg shops that are adjacent to that,
01:15there is also a meat shop and inside, there is a grocery store.
01:19This is the only shop in the front.
01:22The inside is not yet allowed in.
01:24And it is being told to us that it started in the lower area
01:27and it only went up towards the front.
01:30This fire that hit the adjacent commercial establishments here in the market.
01:37The operation of the Bureau of Fire Protection continues
01:39and we are still looking for additional details
01:42as to what caused the fire,
01:44and the overall importance of the shop here in the area.
01:47From Novaliches, Quezon City,
01:49I am James Agustin for GMA Integrated News.
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