Predawn fire hits QC school warehouse

A fire believed caused by an electrical short circuit razed the warehouse of a private school in Quezon City before dawn Thursday.

 

No one was initially reported injured in the fire inside the Angelicum College compound in Biak-na-Bato village in Quezon City, radio dzBB's Rodil Vega reported.

 

The fire started at 2:20 a.m. and reached the third alarm at 2:25 a.m., before firefighters put it under control at 2:40 a.m. The fire was put out at 3 a.m.

 

An initial investigation showed the warehouse contained paint, rugby and other combustible materials.

 

Arson investigators are verifying the claims of a security guard who said he saw a light in the warehouse blink then heard an explosion before the fire razed the warehouse.

 

This led investigators to theorize a spark from an electrical short circuit may have triggered the fire. — RSJ, GMA News