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Death toll in Valenzuela factory fire rises to 72

Inquirer.net May 14,2015 - 03:19 PM

Teams of firemen struggle to put out a big fire in a factory in Brgy. Ugong, Valenzuela City. (INQUIRER FILE PHOTO/LYN RILLON)

Teams of firemen struggle to put out a big fire in a factory in Brgy. Ugong, Valenzuela City.
(INQUIRER FILE PHOTO/LYN RILLON)

The death toll from the fire that hit a footwear factory in Valenzuela City on Wednesday morning has risen to 72.

A Radyo Inquirer report said the number of charred bodies being recovered from the burnt factory of Kentex Manufacturing, Inc. already reached 72 as of Thursday afternoon.

State of Calamity will be declared in Valenzuela, the report said.

As of posting, retrieval operations being conducted by the local government is still ongoing

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