Another UP landmark destroyed: Fire hits UP Shopping Center

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<p>A fire burned most of the UP Shopping Center in Quezon City <span data-term="goog_707389035" tabindex="0">on Thursday</span> morning, another iconic landmark at the University of the Philippines Diliman campus destroyed. Officials say the fire started at <span data-term="goog_707389036" tabindex="0">7:14 a.m.</span> and declared fire out at <span data-term="goog_707389037" tabindex="0">8:53 a.m.</span><br/><br/>The fire drew mixed reactions from students reminiscing moments they spent in the shopping center, which housed, among others, restaurants (e.g. Rodic&#x27;s) and small shops offering reasonably priced printing and binding services. Some expressed concern over destroyed research papers and theses. </p><p>Fire also struck the Faculty Center in UP Diliman in April 2016. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/nation/metro-manila/03/31/16/watch-up-dilimans-faculty-center-hit-by-huge-fire">WATCH: UP Diliman&#x27;s Faculty Center hit by huge fire</a></li></ul><p>Here are select images of the fire at the UP shopping center.</p><div class="media-content"><div class="slider-for"><div><img data-lazy="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/tvpatrol/02/26/fire1.jpg"/></div><div><img data-lazy="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/tvpatrol/02/26/fire2.jpg"/></div><div><img data-lazy="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/tvpatrol/02/26/fire3.jpg"/></div><div><img data-lazy="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/tvpatrol/02/26/fire4.jpg"/></div><div><img data-lazy="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/tvpatrol/02/26/fire5.jpg"/></div><div><img data-lazy="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/tvpatrol/02/26/fire6.jpg"/></div><div><img data-lazy="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/tvpatrol/02/26/fire7.jpg"/></div><div><img data-lazy="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/tvpatrol/02/26/fire8.jpg"/></div><div><img data-lazy="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/tvpatrol/02/26/fire9.jpg"/></div><div><img data-lazy="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/tvpatrol/02/26/fire10.jpg"/></div><div><img data-lazy="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/tvpatrol/02/26/fire11.jpg"/></div></div><div class="media-content slider-desc"><div class="item-desc"><p>Members of the Bureau of Fire Protection respond to an ongoing fire at the UP Shopping Center on Thursday. <cite>Photo courtesy of Mikko Rangia</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Members of the Bureau of Fire Protection respond to an ongoing fire at the UP Shopping Center on Thursday. <cite>Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Members of the Bureau of Fire Protection check the UP Shopping Center after a fire hit the structure on Thursday. <cite>Photo courtesy of Mikko Rangia</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Members of the Bureau of Fire Protection respond to an ongoing fire at the UP Shopping Center on Thursday. <cite>Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Members of the Bureau of Fire Protection check the UP Shopping Center after a fire hit the structure on Thursday. <cite>Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Members of the Bureau of Fire Protection respond to an ongoing fire at the UP Shopping Center on Thursday. <cite>Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Members of the Bureau of Fire Protection check the UP Shopping Center after a fire hit the structure on Thursday. <cite>Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Members of the Bureau of Fire Protection check the UP Shopping Center after a fire hit the structure on Thursday. <cite>Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Tenants retrieve printers from the fire burning the UP Shopping Center in Quezon City on Thursday. <cite>Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Tenants retrieve printers from the fire burning the UP Shopping Center in Quezon City on Thursday. <cite>Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>People turn emotional as a fire destroys the UP Shopping Center on Thursday morning. <cite>Photo courtesy of Mikko Rangia</cite></p></div></div></div>

<p>A fire burned most of the UP Shopping Center in Quezon City on Thursday morning, another iconic landmark at the University of the Philippines Diliman campus destroyed. Officials say the fire started at 7:14 a.m. and declared fire out at 8:53 a.m.</p>

A fire burned most of the UP Shopping Center in Quezon City on Thursday morning, another iconic landmark at the University of the Philippines Diliman campus destroyed. Officials say the fire started at 7:14 a.m. and declared fire out at 8:53 a.m.

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Another UP landmark destroyed: Fire hits UP Shopping Center

Another UP landmark destroyed: Fire hits UP Shopping Center

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Published Mar 08, 2018 06:37 PM PHT

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