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Valenzuela City govt: Warehouse fire death toll now at 29
(Updated 11:02 a.m.) The death toll from the fire that hit a factory in Valenzuela City on Wednesday rose to 29 Thursday morning, the city government said.
In an interview over radio dzBB at past 10 a.m., Valenzuela Mayor Rex Gatchalian said the official body count rose to 29, from 18 that was earlier reported.
More than 40 others are still missing, he added.
Gatchalian also quoted Scene of the Crime Operatives (SOCO) report as saying that "visual identification" will be difficult at this point.
Early Thursday body count
In earlier posts on its social media accounts, the city government – citing data from Philippine National Police-SOCO – said that as of 9 a.m. the body count was at 18.
In a phone interview with GMA News Online, Eddie Nazar, Barangay Ugong chief, confirmed the figures given by the SOCO, saying it included the three bodies retrieved on Wednesday.
It indicated that 15 more bodies were extricated Thursday morning from the fire-hit building, adding that a total of 53 people are still missing.
Retrieval operations are ongoing inside the slipper warehouse destroyed by a fire that started before noon Wednesday. The fire was declared under control by 4:11 p.m.
The Bureau of Fire Protection declared "a fire out" at 7:01 p.m.
Several workers were believed trapped inside the factory during the fire that lasted several hours.
A fact sheet from the city government said the fire was first reported 11:23 a.m. and reached Task Force Alpha at 11:41 a.m.
It said the fire may have been caused by sparks from the factory's gate where welding work was taking place when the fire broke out.
Earlier, Valenzuela Mayor Rex Gatchalian said at least 65 people were missing, based on a manual count they did by gathering the relatives of those believed still trapped inside the factory building.
Meanwhile, "Victims' families may go to the family assistance center that we have set up at the Maysan Barangay Hall," the city government said. — Aica Dioquino and Joel Locsin/LBG, GMA News
In an interview over radio dzBB at past 10 a.m., Valenzuela Mayor Rex Gatchalian said the official body count rose to 29, from 18 that was earlier reported.
29 na ang opisyal na bilang ng nasawi sa sunog na naganap sa warehouse sa Valenzuela, ayon kay mayor Rex Gatchalian. http://t.co/CaqsfpiG7w
— DZBB Super Radyo (@dzbb) May 14, 2015
More than 40 others are still missing, he added.
Gatchalian also quoted Scene of the Crime Operatives (SOCO) report as saying that "visual identification" will be difficult at this point.
Early Thursday body count
In earlier posts on its social media accounts, the city government – citing data from Philippine National Police-SOCO – said that as of 9 a.m. the body count was at 18.
In a phone interview with GMA News Online, Eddie Nazar, Barangay Ugong chief, confirmed the figures given by the SOCO, saying it included the three bodies retrieved on Wednesday.
It indicated that 15 more bodies were extricated Thursday morning from the fire-hit building, adding that a total of 53 people are still missing.
Retrieval operations are ongoing inside the slipper warehouse destroyed by a fire that started before noon Wednesday. The fire was declared under control by 4:11 p.m.
The Bureau of Fire Protection declared "a fire out" at 7:01 p.m.
Several workers were believed trapped inside the factory during the fire that lasted several hours.
A fact sheet from the city government said the fire was first reported 11:23 a.m. and reached Task Force Alpha at 11:41 a.m.
It said the fire may have been caused by sparks from the factory's gate where welding work was taking place when the fire broke out.
Earlier, Valenzuela Mayor Rex Gatchalian said at least 65 people were missing, based on a manual count they did by gathering the relatives of those believed still trapped inside the factory building.
Meanwhile, "Victims' families may go to the family assistance center that we have set up at the Maysan Barangay Hall," the city government said. — Aica Dioquino and Joel Locsin/LBG, GMA News
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