Fire hits plastics factory in Valenzuela

Property worth an estimated P10 million was destroyed by a two-hour fire at a plastics factory past midnight yesterday in Valenzuela City.

The Asian Best Plastic Manufacturing Corp. warehouse at the Sacred Heart Compound, San Diego street, Barangay Canumay West, Valenzuela City was just partially razed, but most of the factory’s equipment and machines were damaged.

Valenzuela Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) investigator Fire Officer 2 George de Guia said the factory is owned by Cynthia Calderon.

De Guia said the blaze started at around 1 a.m. inside the production area of the factory.

Despite the heavy downpour, fire spread quickly inside the structure, which contained highly combustible materials and chemicals used in the manufacture of plastic products such as mono-bloc chairs.

At least four firetrucks, two from the local fire department and two from fire volunteer groups, joined forces in battling the blaze that raged up to 1:42 a.m.

The blaze reached the third alarm and was only declared out at around 2:22 a.m., De Guia said.

As of press time yesterday, fire investigators were still trying to establish the cause of the blaze.

De Guia also said that no one was hurt in the incident. Yesterday’s fire was the 113th incident in Valenzuela City for this year. — Pete Laude, Jerry Botial