Grand Central mall in Caloocan on fire

Published March 17, 2012 12:10am

The Grand Central mall in Caloocan City has reached Task Force Delta alarm status, according to textfirephilippines, a microblogging account of volunteer firefighters. Textfirephilippines was alerted about the fire a few minutes before 10 p.m.

Firefighters were still battling it as of Saturday morning.

Firefighters said the fire at the Ever Gotesco Grand Central Mall started at a shoe shop at the ground floor, radio dzBB reported.

No one was reported injured in the fire as of 6:02 a.m. Saturday, according to volunteer firefighter group TXTFire. Caloocan City fire marshal Superintendent Oscar de Asis said firefighters needed to wear oxygen masks to get to the area.

Firefighters also had to use axes to force their way into the mall, which was already closed at the time the fire started.

Investigators are still looking into the cause of the fire and the extent of the damage.

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— ELR, GMA News

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