UP Shopping Center catches fire

The UP Shopping Center at the University of the Philippines campus in Diliman caught fire on Thursday morning.

Smoke could be seen rising from the UP Shopping Center inside the campus of the University of the Philippines Diliman on Thursday morning, March 8, 2018. Bernadette Reyes

more videos of fire at the UP Shopping Center. bystanders advised to take the sidelines as some explosions were heard earlier @gmanews @gmanewsbreaking pic.twitter.com/sSqIMD1Tmy

— Bernadette Reyes (@bernadettereyes) March 8, 2018

UP shopping center caught fire at past 7 in the morning. @gmanewsbreaking @gmanews pic.twitter.com/k6xORoeUy3

— Bernadette Reyes (@bernadettereyes) March 8, 2018

According to a tweet by Super Radyo dzBB's Divine Reyes, the second alarm has already been raised.

FIRE ALERT: Sunog sa bahagi ng UP Diliman Shopping Center sa Quezon City, itinaas na sa ikalawang alarma. | via @divinereyes pic.twitter.com/NXQhxjPYFS

— DZBB Super Radyo (@dzbb) March 7, 2018

BREAKING: UP SHOPPING CENTER NASUSUNOG pic.twitter.com/RB6UISrhVa

— Mikko Ringia (@mikkooooow) March 7, 2018

In a tweet by netizen Mikko Ringia, half of the Center was seen up in flames while a thick plume of white smoke can be seen emerging from the other half.

YouScooper Jan Jaboneta also sent photos of the fire.

A single firetruck was seen responding to the fire reported past 7:30 a.m.

The Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) tweeted that the fire reached second alarm as of 7:36 a.m. as the Bureau of Fire Protection attempts to get the fire under control.

It added that a canteen was among the establishments affected.

FIRE ALERT : As of 7:36 AM at UP Shopping Center UP Diliman , Quezon City involving canteen now on 2nd alarm. BFP on site. #mmda

— Official MMDA (@MMDA) March 7, 2018

—Rie Takumi/KG, GMA News