Tag: Kentex

One remains unidentified in Kentex fire

VALENZUELA City, Philippines (Eagle News) – Only one body is left unidentified among the 72 victims of the Kentex factory fire after eight more bodies were identified. Most of the victims were identified through DNA testing. Said unidentified body presents difficulty due to severe damage which makes it hard to get DNA samples. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Dexter Magno, Vince Alvin Villarin) https://youtu.be/YGQX2-glnFE

DNA testing to be used to identify 72 bodies recovered from Valenzuela fire

MAY 15 (Eagle News) — Philippine authorities said they would have to resort to doing DNA identification on the remains of those who died in a factory fire, as the death toll from Wednesday’s fire in a Valenzuela slipper factory rose to 72. Those who died from the fire were not recognizable anymore as they were reduced to mere skull and bones, according to authorities “Nakita na nila yung mga bangkay doon sa factory site, […]