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                    [Title] => Fire hits school gym in QC
                    [Summary] => A fire destroyed the first floor of a two-story school gymnasium in Quezon City before dawn yesterday.

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Fires broke out at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC) in Quezon City and the St. Luke’s Medical Center ...

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Chief Inspector Oscar Villegas, said the fire broke out at about 9:30 a.m. on Salvador street in barangay Kruz na Ligas and was put out an hour later.

No one was hurt. Fire investigators were still determining the cause of the blaze as of press time.

An early phone call by a concerned resident and the firefighters’ quick response prevented the fire from creating further damage, Villegas said.
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At least 70 houses were destroyed, leaving about 150 families homeless.

Chief Inspector Oscar Villegas said the fire started at around 9 p.m. in the house of a certain Arsenia Bante. It was put under control at 12 midnight. One person was reported injured.

Villegas said the fire quickly spread because the houses were made of light materials.
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Chief Inspector Oscar Villegas, Quezon City fire marshall, said two employees of Eunilaine Foodmart, who were asleep in their quarters when the fire started at past 4 a.m, escaped unhurt.

As the fire raged, a series of explosions believed triggered by cans of paint and other flammable materials were heard from inside the store as firefighters battled the blaze.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 358368 [Title] => Firemen prevent suicide in Cubao [Summary] => A rescue team from the Quezon City fire department rescued a man who tried to jump off a steel tower, ending a three-hour suicide attempt drama along EDSA in Cubao yesterday.

Chief Inspector Oscar Villegas, Quezon City fire marshal, said Gerald Bong Apuwad, 30, climbed the 50-foot steel tower of the Makro Supermarket at 7:30 a.m. and attempted to commit suicide.The man had apparently quarreled with his wife and threatened to jump unless his wife talks to him.
[DatePublished] => 2006-09-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1650428 [AuthorName] => Perseus Echeminada [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 331992 [Title] => Fire hits Makati plastics warehouse [Summary] => More than P2 million worth of property went up in flames when fire hit a two-storey plastics factory in Makati City shortly after midnight yesterday.

No one was reported injured in the blaze which destroyed the warehouse of Vassar Industries Inc. located at 7272 Malugay street, San Antonio Village.

The firefighters had difficulty putting out the fire because the factory contained stocks of plastic, foam, and other light materials.

Reports from the Makati City Fire Department said the blaze started at around 12:35 a.m. at the second floor of the building.
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CHIEF INSPECTOR OSCAR VILLEGAS
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                    [Title] => Fire hits school gym in QC
                    [Summary] => A fire destroyed the first floor of a two-story school gymnasium in Quezon City before dawn yesterday.

Since the ... [DatePublished] => 2008-09-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 400884 [Title] => Fires hit 2 hospitals in QC, Taguig [Summary] =>

Fires broke out at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC) in Quezon City and the St. Luke’s Medical Center ...

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Chief Inspector Oscar Villegas, said the fire broke out at about 9:30 a.m. on Salvador street in barangay Kruz na Ligas and was put out an hour later.

No one was hurt. Fire investigators were still determining the cause of the blaze as of press time.

An early phone call by a concerned resident and the firefighters’ quick response prevented the fire from creating further damage, Villegas said.
[DatePublished] => 2007-03-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 381616 [Title] => Slum fire threatens QCPD armory [Summary] => A three-hour fire broke out in a squatter colony and threatened an armory of the Quezon City Police District late Tuesday.

At least 70 houses were destroyed, leaving about 150 families homeless.

Chief Inspector Oscar Villegas said the fire started at around 9 p.m. in the house of a certain Arsenia Bante. It was put under control at 12 midnight. One person was reported injured.

Villegas said the fire quickly spread because the houses were made of light materials.
[DatePublished] => 2007-01-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 377235 [Title] => Fire destroys Quezon City supermarket [Summary] => A three-hour fire hit a supermarket along Visayas and Tandang Sora Avenue in Quezon City early yesterday dawn. A warehouse and a bakeshop were also destroyed, a top fire official said.

Chief Inspector Oscar Villegas, Quezon City fire marshall, said two employees of Eunilaine Foodmart, who were asleep in their quarters when the fire started at past 4 a.m, escaped unhurt.

As the fire raged, a series of explosions believed triggered by cans of paint and other flammable materials were heard from inside the store as firefighters battled the blaze.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 358368 [Title] => Firemen prevent suicide in Cubao [Summary] => A rescue team from the Quezon City fire department rescued a man who tried to jump off a steel tower, ending a three-hour suicide attempt drama along EDSA in Cubao yesterday.

Chief Inspector Oscar Villegas, Quezon City fire marshal, said Gerald Bong Apuwad, 30, climbed the 50-foot steel tower of the Makro Supermarket at 7:30 a.m. and attempted to commit suicide.The man had apparently quarreled with his wife and threatened to jump unless his wife talks to him.
[DatePublished] => 2006-09-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1650428 [AuthorName] => Perseus Echeminada [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 331992 [Title] => Fire hits Makati plastics warehouse [Summary] => More than P2 million worth of property went up in flames when fire hit a two-storey plastics factory in Makati City shortly after midnight yesterday.

No one was reported injured in the blaze which destroyed the warehouse of Vassar Industries Inc. located at 7272 Malugay street, San Antonio Village.

The firefighters had difficulty putting out the fire because the factory contained stocks of plastic, foam, and other light materials.

Reports from the Makati City Fire Department said the blaze started at around 12:35 a.m. at the second floor of the building.
[DatePublished] => 2006-04-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097363 [AuthorName] => Michael Punongbayan [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) ) )
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