00:00It took more than an hour to extinguish the burning Cold Storage Facility in Quezon City.
00:07Not only did it make it harder to extinguish the fire,
00:10it also added to the fear of the nearby gasoline station.
00:14Maki Pulido was there.
00:19A thick smoke and a fierce fire rose up in this Cold Storage Facility
00:24on FPJ Avenue, Barangay Del Monte, Quezon City earlier this morning.
00:29According to the security guard of the nearby business establishment,
00:32it was past 2 AM when he noticed the thick smoke.
00:36The incident happened quickly and the fire was extinguished immediately with the first alarm.
00:40The part of FPJ Avenue was also closed so that the fire trucks can move freely.
00:45The guard of the nearby business establishment was worried
00:48because the Cold Storage Facility in a gas station is just a wall.
00:52We were worried that we might get hit or it might explode.
00:59We immediately closed our breaker and closed it.
01:03Responding firefighters were also worried.
01:06If the structure collapses outside the gasoline station,
01:10the roof of their store can be damaged.
01:14Earlier, our bomb and our volunteers pushed the iron so that it won't fall here.
01:23It took more than 10 hours before the fire was declared under control,
01:27past 12 PM.
01:29It was said that it will be difficult to escape inside the Cold Storage
01:32which is full of frozen meat products.
01:34They even used a high step to reach the water that was being poured
01:38that caused the fire.
01:40The fire was caused by the insulation foam
01:43that couldn't reach the water that was being poured because it was covered by metal sheets.
01:47The fire was investigated.
01:50In the smoke, we had a hard time even with the CBA because it's dark inside.
01:54It's like you're inside a big refrigerator.
01:56No one was hurt but the first aid was given to one of the firefighters.
02:02For GMA Integrated News, Macky Pulido, for 24 Hours.
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