Fire hits restaurant on Timog Avenue, QC

A Chinese restaurant on Timog Avenue in Quezon City was hit by fire on Saturday night, according to a report on Super Radyo dzBB.

Isang restaurant sa Timog Avenue, Quezon City, nasusunog. | via @olanbola pic.twitter.com/qyUFFcsD8K

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

The fire, which reached the first alarm, started at 11:27 p.m. at the kitchen of Le Ching Tea House and quickly spread to the mezzanine.

LOOK: Rumesponde ang ilang bumbero sa sunog sa isang commercial establishment sa Timog Ave. at Panay Ave. ngayong madaling araw.

Kuha ni YouScooper @Saint_Noel. pic.twitter.com/GStaIL0j7J

— YouScoop (@YouScoop) July 7, 2018

FIRE ALERT: 1st alarm fire involving commercial building at Timog Ave. corner Panay Ave., Brgy. South Triangle, Quezon City via @TXTFIRE

Photo via YouScooper @cartook33n. pic.twitter.com/7XQYXUx5dQ

— YouScoop (@YouScoop) July 7, 2018

It was declared put out at 12:34 a.m. Sunday.

Sunog sa isang restaurant sa Timog Ave., QC, naapula na. | via @olanbola

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

Fire Inspector Lyndon Yap, commander of the Bureau of Fire Protection-Quezon City Station 4, said they are investigating to check if the fire was due to faulty electrical wiring. 

According to the owner of the commercial building, the restaurant has been at the site for more than 20 years.

No one was injured in the fire since the restaurant was closed at the time the fire broke out.

Damage to property was initially placed at P75,000. —KG, GMA News