Senator JV Ejercito Loses Two Cars in AutoPlus Fire

Senator JV Ejercito Loses Two Cars in AutoPlus Fire

You've probably heard or read of the fire that gutted the famed AutoPlus Sportzentrium automotive high-performance and car maintenance shop located on the southbound side of EDSA between Connecticut Street and Ortigas Avenue. Well, two casualties of the blaze are the Ford Everest and the Toyota Sequoia of Senator Joseph Victor 'JV' Ejercito.

In a post on Twitter shortly before the fire was declared out by the firefighters yesterday, February 11, Ejercito lamented the loss of his two vehicles, especially the Sequoia.

"I feel sad, my car for the past 10 years, my Toyota Sequoia burned in the fire at Autoplus Car Center this morning," Ejercito said in a tweet. "Feeling sentimental because we've been through so many battles and it was my most reliable, not to mention 'lucky' car. Will be missing this car."

https://twitter.com/jvejercito/status/1097351868831813632

When asked why he considered the Toyota Sequoia as his "lucky" car, Ejercito said it has been with him through two elections.

According to Bureau of Fire and Protection Mandaluyong Chief Insp. Anthony Villena, the fire started at 11:35 AM inside AutoPlus. In a report by GMANetwork.com, some welding work was being done inside the shop before the fire broke out.

At 11.38 AM, the fire alarm was raised to second alarm before it was declared as 'fire out'  by 12:38 PM.

Despite the reported welding work as told by the shop's employees, fire investigators are still probing what caused the blaze.

From @jvejercito's Twitter account

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