Fire breaks out in Trinoma

A fire has struck a portion of the Trinoma Mall in Quezon City on Monday afternoon, News TV Live reported. 

A tweet from radio dzBB's Glen Juego showed the fire near North Avenue which has reached the second alarm, according to SFO4 Albert Flores of the Quezon City Fire Department. 

Sunog sa Trinoma Mall sa QC, nasa ikalawang alarma na, ayon kay SFO4 Albert Flores, QC Fire. | via @glenjuego @dzbb

— GMA News (@gmanews) March 13, 2017

Sunog sa Trinoma Mall. | via @glenjuego @dzbb pic.twitter.com/4p0L50I6h9

— GMA News (@gmanews) March 13, 2017

Isinara na muna ang Trinoma mall dahil sa sunog. | via @glenjuego @dzbb pic.twitter.com/Lyh4jzyDKg

— GMA News (@gmanews) March 13, 2017

FIRE ALERT: Isang mall sa North EDSA, Quezon City ang kasalukuyang nasusunog. Ulat ni YouScooper @iamjustlee pic.twitter.com/9cpg8ZOIkN

— YouScoop (@YouScoop) March 13, 2017

A tweet from TXTFIRE Philippines said the first alarm was raised around 2:25 p.m. 

As of 3/13/2017 2:25 #FireAlert! ->Trinoma Mall, Mindanao Ave., Quezon City : 1st Alarm #NCR

— TXTFIREPhilippines (@TXTFIRE) March 13, 2017

Meanwhile, the Department of Transportation said Metro Rail Transit operations have not been affected as of posting time.

Hi @MarcelinoJoebe1 hindi po apektado ang MRT. Salamat.

— DOTC-MRT3 (@dotcmrt3) March 13, 2017

A report on Balitang Pilipinas said that firemen are trying to rescue a trapped employee.

In a statement, Trinoma's management said the fire broke out at a warehouse inside the Landmark building.

"Landmark Department Store (new wing) and TriNoma's North Avenue wing have been evacuated," it said.

"TriNoma is working with the Landmark management to ensure the safety of customers and employees," the management added. —Joseph Tristan Roxas/KG/ALG, GMA News