{"id":603,"date":"2023-12-11T13:12:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T05:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/?p=603"},"modified":"2023-12-12T13:15:12","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T05:15:12","slug":"4-die-in-lapu-lapu-firecracker-factory-blaze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/2023\/12\/11\/4-die-in-lapu-lapu-firecracker-factory-blaze\/","title":{"rendered":"4 DIE IN LAPU-LAPU FIRECRACKER FACTORY BLAZE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>FOUR persons died while several others were injured in a fire that razed a firecracker factory in Bgy. Babag, Lapu-Lapu City on Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>A total of 10 houses, which were reportedly used as firecracker storage, were destroyed by the blaze.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Mayor Junard Chan confirmed the number of fatalities following the inspection and clearing operations.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI extend my heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families of those who died in the fire incident,\u201d Chan said as he vowed to help the families of the victims.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Among the fatalities were Chito Berdin, owner of the firecracker factory, two of his factory workers, and a child .<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>The victims were trapped when the fire hit the establishment.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>The blaze spread quickly and destroyed several residential houses in the area.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>According to Nagiel Ba\u00f1acia, head of the Lapu-Lapu City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office, among the njured were children and elderly who were also trapped when the fire hit the main firecracker manufacturing area.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Ba\u00f1acia said the injured victims are being treated at nearby hospitals.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>An investigation is ongoing on what started the blaze.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOUR persons died while several others were injured in a fire that razed a firecracker factory in Bgy. Babag, Lapu-Lapu City on Monday afternoon. A<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":604,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}