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(Eagle News)–The number of fatalities in the Manila Pavilion fire incident has risen to six. According to the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp., Jennilyn Figueroa, 28, died in the early morning of March 21 after being in a critical state for three days. Figueroa, PAGCOR said, worked as a member of the internal security staff at the Casino Filipino Pavilion. She has been in service for six years. The other five fatalities were identified as Treasury […]
(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre has ordered the National Bureau of Investigation to look into the incident that saw a fire razing Manila Pavilion, resulting in the deaths of at least five people. Aguirre made the directive through Department Order No. 160 dated March 19. The justice secretary in particular asked the NBI to determine whether any “agency, office and instrumentality of the government,” and whether the owners, managers and employees of Manila […]
By Jerold Tagbo Eagle News Service The number of fatalities in the fire that struck Manila Pavilion Hotel on Sunday has increased to five. This was after the body of Jocris Banang, a closed-circuit television camera operator, was found in the hotel’s gaming area, the Manila Pavilion management and the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) told reporters. The other fatalities were identified as John Mark Sabido, Billy De Castro, Edilberto Braga Evangelista and Marilyn Omadto. […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Four people were killed and 19 feared trapped by a major hotel fire in the Philippine capital Manila on Sunday, with others plucked from the rooftop by helicopter, authorities said. The blaze at the Waterfront Manila Pavilion, a hotel and casino complex, was still raging six hours after it began on Sunday morning, prompting more than 300 people to flee the area and six to be brought to hospital, fire and […]
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Around P2 million worth of property damaged By Earlo Bringas Eagle News Service One person was hurt and around P2 million worth of property was damaged in a fire that hit a residential area in Quezon City on Tuesday night. The fire struck the two-storey house owned by Felipe Tabon in Barangay Botocan around 6 p.m. It quickly spread to adjacent houses made of light materials, and reached the Task Force Bravo in almost […]
BAKU, Azerbaijan (AFP) — At least 30 people died as a fire tore through a drug rehabilitation clinic in the Azerbaijani capital Baku early Friday, the local APA news agency reported. Firefighters and rescuers of Azerbaijan’s emergencies ministry had extinguished the blaze and were investigating its causes, the news agency added. © Agence France-Presse
by Kyoko Hasegawa Agence France-Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Eleven people died after a fire broke out at a residence for elderly people with financial difficulties in northern Japan, police said on Thursday. Television footage showed the three-storey building engulfed in flames and dozens of firefighters battling the blaze in snowy conditions. Pictures of the aftermath showed the blackened husk of the building, whose roof had apparently collapsed due to the fire. The victims — […]
by Jung Ha-Won © Agence France-Presse MIRYANG, South Korea (AFP) — Distraught relatives of those killed in a deadly South Korean hospital fire voiced anger Saturday at what they perceived as another man-made disaster in Asia’s fourth largest economy, just as it prepares to host the Winter Olympics. The huge blaze that erupted at the hospital in the southeastern city of Miryang Friday killed at least 37 people including 34 patients — mostly elderly women — and three […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — A huge fire tore through a South Korean hospital on Friday killing at least 37 people, the government said, in the country’s worst blaze for a decade. Around 130 others were hurt in the fire, which comes just weeks before thousands of athletes and foreign visitors are expected in the country for the Winter Olympics. While South Korea has risen to become the world’s 11th-largest economy, some of its infrastructure […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — A huge fire tore through a South Korean hospital Friday killing at least 41 people, reports said, in the country’s worst blaze for over a decade. More than 80 others were hurt in the blaze, which comes just weeks before thousands of athletes and foreign visitors are expected in the country for the Winter Olympics. Videos posted on social media showed a patient hanging on to a rope dangling from […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — At least 33 people were killed in a blaze at a hospital in South Korea on Friday, in the country’s worst fire disaster for a decade. More than 70 people were also injured in the second devastating blaze in just a month in one of Asia’s most advanced countries and its fourth-largest economy. Videos posted on social media showed a patient hanging on to a rope dangling from a helicopter above […]
