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13 May 2015

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Al Jazeera

Deadly fire engulfs Philippine footwear factory

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At least 31 workers have been killed and many others remain trapped inside after a fire hit a footwear factory in a suburb of the Philippine capital, Manila. A fireman who gave his name as Soriano said on Wednesday that 31 bodies had been found, adding most of the victims had died of suffocation. "There could be more buried under debris," he told Reuters news agency. "There was someone who was welding at the main entrance and suddenly there was an explosion. It was really fast."...

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