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Manila Pavilion fire unlike Resorts World attack: authorities

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/news/03/19/031918_fire.jpg"/><figcaption>Fire at the Waterfront Manila Pavilion Hotel on Un Avenue in Manila on Sunday. <em>Larry Monserate Piojo, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - Authorities on Monday rejected immediate comparisons between the fire that hit a casino-hotel in downtown Manila on Sunday and the one that hit a larger hotel last year.</p><p>The fire at the Manila Pavilion was put out at 10:56 a.m., some 25 hours after it erupted on Sunday morning and left dead 5 people, the Bureau of Fire Protection said.</p><p>In June 2017, a former government employee with an alleged gambling addiction fired shots and set the casino floor of the Resorts World Manila ablaze, killing 30 people.</p><p>&quot;So far, wala namang naiulat [sa Manila Pavilion] na mayroong tao na katulad sa Resorts World,&quot; Chief Supt. Roel Jeremy Diaz, Metro Manila fire chief, tolld DZMM.<br/><br/>(So far, we have no reports that the Manila Pavilion was attacked by an individual like Resorts World.)</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/focus/06/02/17/timeline-resorts-world-manila-attack">TIMELINE: Resorts World Manila attack</a></li></ul><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fCFgQb_GdOc" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>The Manila Pavilion fire reportedly started in the casino or mezzanine area of the 21-floor hotel.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/18/18/in-photos-fire-engulfs-manila-pavilion-hotel">IN PHOTOS: Fire engulfs Manila Pavilion hotel</a></li></ul><blockquote class="twitter-video" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="tl">PANOORIN: Sunog sa Waterfront Manila Pavilion Hotel, nananatiling nasa Task Force Bravo; bilang ng mga nasawi umakyat sa 4 | Ulat mula kay <a href="https://twitter.com/LyzaAquinoDZMM?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LyzaAquinoDZMM</a> <a href="https://t.co/tV01L6wVWm">pic.twitter.com/tV01L6wVWm</a></p>— DZMM TeleRadyo (@DZMMTeleRadyo) <a href="https://twitter.com/DZMMTeleRadyo/status/975505581862617088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2018</a></blockquote><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><p>The BFP said the 4 fatalities were employees of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation and 1 was a CCTV operator of the hotel.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/business/03/18/18/pagcor-vows-help-to-kin-of-3-employees-killed-in-manila-pavilion-fire">PAGCOR vows help to kin of employees killed in Manila Pavilion fire</a></li></ul><p>Another victim was initially declared dead but later revived by doctors and now remains in critical condition, the bureau said.</p><p>Twenty-four others were brought to the hospital after having difficulty breathing, while some 190 were accounted for, the BFP said.</p><p>The BFP said it would check reports from survivors that the sprinklers and alarm system of the 50-year-old hotel did not work.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/18/18/manila-pavilion-hotel-wala-umanong-fire-alarm-sabi-ng-nakaligtas-na-kustomer">Manila Pavilion hotel wala umanong fire alarm, sabi ng nakaligtas na kustomer</a></li></ul><p>On Sunday afternoon, President Rodrigo Duterte inspected the fire on board a helicopter, photos from his aide showed.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/18/18/look-duterte-conducts-aerial-survey-of-burning-manila-pavilion">LOOK: Duterte conducts aerial survey of burning Manila Pavilion</a></li></ul><p>Deadly blazes break out regularly in the Philippines, particularly in slum areas where there are virtually no safety standards.</p><p>The deadliest in recent years was in Valenzuela City where <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/nation/metro-manila/05/14/15/72-dead-valenzuela-factory-fire"><strong>72 people died</strong></a> in 2015 at a factory which makes rubber slippers.</p><p>In the southern city of Davao, <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/27/17/davao-mall-fire-death-toll-hits-38"><strong>38 people were killed</strong></a> in December by a fire that ravaged a shopping mall and a call center.</p><div><strong>With reports from Lyza Aquino, ABS-CBN News; Agence France-Presse </strong></div>

<p>Authorities on Monday rejected immediate comparisons between the fire that hit a casino-hotel in downtown Manila on Sunday and the one that hit a larger hotel last year.</p><p> </p>

Authorities on Monday rejected immediate comparisons between the fire that hit a casino-hotel in downtown Manila on Sunday and the one that hit a larger hotel last year.