Metro Manila (CNN Philippines) — The Alumni Center at the University of Philippines’ Diliman Campus was hit by a fire on Tuesday evening (June 30).
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) posted the fire alert on its official Twitter page at 12:16 a.m. Wednesday (July 1), saying the incident happened at Magsaysay St. inside UP Campus and has already reached second alarm as of 11:37 p.m.
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FIRE ALERT: Fire at Magsaysay St. U.P Campus, 2nd alram as of 11:37PM. Ten-4 #mmda
— Official MMDA (@MMDA) June 30, 2015
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Netizens immediately traced the fire at the Alumni Center, which is just beside the Ang Bahay ng Alumni building.
It was the second fire to hit the university in 17 days, the first gutting the College of Arts and Sciences Alumni Association (CASAA) food center on June 13.
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‘Nowhere to go but UP,’ on its Facebook page, said the UP Alumni Hostel was on fire, with around “50 student-athletes (mixed sports)” displaced for the evening.
A tweet from the UP Journalism Club said the fire, which reportedly broke out at the barracks of the duckpin bowling setters, was declared out as of 12:36 a.m.
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Fire out at UP Alumni Center as of 12:36 AM, according to Bureau of Fire Protection Chief Jesus Rudy Fernandez.
— UP Journalism Club (@upjournclub) June 30, 2015
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