MANILA, Philippines – Officials say the death toll in a rubber slipper factory fire in a suburb of the Philippinecapital climbed to 18 after police retrieved another 15 charred bodies from the gutted building, but dozens more remain missing and feared dead.
Mayor Rex Gatchalian in Valenzuela city north of Manila said Thursday that at least 65 have been listed as missing inside the Kentex Manufacturing Corp. factory.
Three other bodies were recovered shortly after the blaze was brought under control Wednesday.