Fire hits commercial building at boundary of Manila and Makati

A 12-story commercial building at the corner of Zobel Roxas Street and Osmeña Highway along the boundary of Manila and Makati City was hit by fire on Friday.

According to a dzBB report, the fire started from a stock room on the seventh floor of the Fems Tower.

Radio dzBB's Cecille Villarosa tweeted a photo of the Fems Tower engulfed in smoke as the fire reached the third alarm.

TINGNAN: Sunog sa Fems Tower sa kanto ng Zobel Roxas Street at Osmena Highway na umabot sa third alarm. @dzbb pic.twitter.com/y5BtrrQzbT

— Cecille Villarosa (@CecilVillarosa) October 13, 2017

Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada on his official Facebook account said the fire started at around 11:45 a.m.

By 1:45 p.m., Estrada said authorities had the fire under control.

The fire damaged property estimated at P100,000, Manila Fire Department (MFD) chief marshal Superintendent Antonio Razal Jr. said.

No casualties or injuries have been reported as of posting time. —Margaret Claire Layug/KG, GMA News