Dozens Feared Dead in Fire at Philippines Mall<br />24, 2017<br />MANILA — Fire crews battling an enormous blaze that tore through a shopping mall in a southern city in the<br />Philippines, trapping at least 37 people, pulled one body from the building, the mayor said on Sunday.<br />President Rodrigo Duterte, the father of Davao City’s mayor<br />and vice mayor, visited the mall on Saturday night and met with family members of those inside.<br />Firefighters have been unable to enter the mall in Davao City after the fire started on Saturday morning, the vice mayor, Paolo Duterte, said.<br />" she said, calling the mall fire "an unfortunate incident." The blaze erupted as city officials<br />and emergency-relief workers were trying to rescue survivors of flash floods and landslides unleashed by Tropical Storm Tembin elsewhere in the region. that Do not stop until you find the 37,<br />He said of those still trapped inside, "Their chances of survival is zero." Mayor Inday Sara Duterte said<br />that one body had been recovered and that rescuers’ priority was now to find all those who are missing.<br />The president, who was previously mayor of Davao City and was in town for the holidays, "assured the relatives of the victims<br />that the government would extend help," said Harry Roque, Mr. Duterte’s spokesman.
