• 5 months ago
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Transcript
00:00A part of the University of Santo Tomas Hospital was burned down early this morning.
00:05It's difficult to evacuate the patients.
00:08Live from Manila, we have the first news from EJ Gomez. EJ?
00:16Susan, at 3 o'clock this morning,
00:19firefighters from the UST Hospital came to the area
00:23to put out the fire that started on the fourth floor.
00:30The UST Hospital was alarmed at 3 o'clock this morning
00:34because of the thick smoke from the fourth floor.
00:37It started in a room and spread quickly.
00:40The firefighters immediately responded and raised the first alarm.
00:44Ten firetrucks arrived.
00:46Patients were nervous and scared.
00:48The hospital was on guard and alert.
00:50Some had a hard time getting out of the building.
00:53The UST Hospital was alerted.
00:55Patients were on guard and alert.
00:57Some had a hard time getting out of the hospital
01:00because of the swells and tumors on their bodies.
01:03According to the Bureau of Fire Protection,
01:05the possible cause of the fire is a short circuit.
01:08No one was injured.
01:10Authorities are still investigating the fire that started at 4.15 a.m.
01:15The hospital is yet to issue a statement.
01:19I was surprised because they were already confused.
01:22I asked them why there was a fire.
01:25They said there was a fire.
01:27I asked them where it was.
01:29They said it was on the fourth floor.
01:31I asked them where it was.
01:33They said it was on the fourth floor.
01:36I was scared.
01:38I was on the second floor.
01:40I couldn't take it anymore.
01:42The smoke was suffocating.
01:44My wife woke me up.
01:46I was confused.
01:48The nurses were panicking.
01:50One of the nurses yelled at me.
01:53She said it was difficult and heavy.
01:55When I got out, it was already dark.
01:57I thought it was over.
01:59It was over.
02:01I was just praying.
02:03I was about to get out.
02:05I thought it was over.
02:07It was a fire.
02:09It was the first time I experienced something like that.
02:11We saw the smoke coming from the air handling unit on the fourth floor.
02:16We extinguished the fire.
02:18We quickly extinguished the fire.
02:20We saw the power cable.
02:23It was a possible short circuit.
02:31The patients who were evacuated were able to move to their new rooms.
02:38That's the first news from Sampaloc, Manila.
02:41EJ Gomez for GMA Integrated News.
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