MANILA, 06 February 2022, (TON): Authorities said “the Russian Embassy in the Philippine capital has been severely damaged after a blaze raged through its premises.”
The fire began on the second floor of the building on Acacia Street in Makati City in metropolitan Manila.
Eighteen fire trucks scrambled for hours to put out the flames in the 1,000-square-meter area in the upscale Dasmarinas village, where embassies and diplomatic residences are located.
The crisis center of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said no one was injured and the mission’s employees and their families were evacuated, as firefighters quickly arrived at the scene.
The fire was extinguished on Saturday morning.
Makati City fire chief Col. Anthony Arroyo told Arab News the second floor of the embassy building “is totally damaged” and said they “would relocate for now.”
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