Four Killed, 19 Trapped In Philippine Hotel Fire

Umer Jamshaid Published March 18, 2018 | 01:45 PM

Manila, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 18th Mar, 2018 ) :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, 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 city officials said.

Of the four who died, two were identified as hotel employees, said Manila city's disaster risk reduction chief, Johnny Yu. "The two are a security guard and a treasury officer. They were likely trapped, suffered from suffocation and were brought to the hospital but declared dead on arrival," Yu told reporters, adding 19 were missing.