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00:00How many heavy equipment and trucks were involved in the fire at New Lower Bicutan in Taguig?
00:06EJ Gomez reports.
00:11The residents of New Lower Bicutan in Taguig City woke up to a blazing fire
00:16earlier this morning at 2 am.
00:19A fire broke out in a junk shop on MRT Avenue, Purok 1.
00:22The BFP declared the first alarm in the fire
00:25and immediately raised the third alarm at 2.41 am.
00:29This means that Rumi Spunde needed no less than 12 firetrucks.
00:34Two 10-wheeler trucks were also burned.
00:36A few more heavy equipment were also involved.
00:39The fire quickly escalated due to the piles of cardboard and plastic
00:42inside the junk shop, according to the barangay.
00:44All the junk shop items were brought by people.
00:51This junk shop is big.
00:54It's been here for a long time, since 2013.
00:56It just happened today.
00:58Residents living around the facility were immediately evacuated.
01:02The neighbors shouted, so we went outside.
01:08The fire was bright because of the smoke.
01:11It was just a wall.
01:12It was a trauma, ma'am.
01:14All the items were burned.
01:17A few firefighters had to use self-contained breathing apparatus
01:20to extinguish the fire due to the thick smoke.
01:23According to the initial estimate of the owner of the junk shop,
01:26the cost of the junk shop is not less than Php 40 million.
01:29In addition to the number of trucks and heavy equipment involved,
01:32the cost of the fire is also being investigated.
01:35EJ Gomez reporting for GMA Integrated News.