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contemporary reporting. (March 2024) |
Date | February 1–3, 2017 |
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Duration | 2 days |
Location | General Trias, Cavite, Philippines |
Coordinates | 14°24′49″N 120°52′32″E / 14.413660°N 120.875488°E |
Deaths | 5 (died in hospital) [1] |
Non-fatal injuries | 121 [2] |
Property damage | ₱15 billion [3] |
On February 1, 2017 at around 6:00 p.m. ( UTC +8), a fire hit the House Technology Industries, Ltd. factory inside the Cavite Export Processing Zone in General Trias, Cavite. [4]
On February 1, around 746 employees were at work when the fire started according to Brig. Gen. Charito Plaza, director-general of Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA). [5] At 9pm, the third alarm was immediately raised. [5]
The fire was officially out at 4:15pm on February 3. [6] Remulla said that some survivors suffered about 70% to 90% burns to their bodies. [7]
The claims that there were fatalities which authorities tried to cover up were refuted by Remulla. [6] The fire resulted in five fatalities who all died in hospital and not during the fire incident. [8]