{{Short description|2017 fire in Cavite, Philippines}} {{Old news|date=March 2024}}{{Infobox event | title = 2017 HTI factory fire | image = HTI factory fire.jpg | image_size = | image_alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | english_name = | time = | duration = 2 days | date = {{start and end dates|2017|02|01|2017|02|03}} | venue = | location = General Trias, Cavite, Philippines | coordinates = {{Coord|14.413660|120.875488|display=title, inline}} | also_known_as = | type = | theme = | cause = | first_reporter = | budget = | patron = <!-- or |patrons= --> | organisers = <!-- or |organizers= --> | filmed_by = | participants = | outcome = | casualties1 = | casualties2 = | casualties3 = | reported deaths = 5 (died in hospital)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/868398/cavite-factory-fire-victim-dies-in-hospital|title=Cavite factory fire victim dies in hospital|date=5 February 2017 |publisher=Inquirer}}</ref> | reported injuries = 121<ref name=GT002>{{cite news|title=Cavite EPZA fire: 6 in critical condition; injured now 126|url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/160354-cavite-epza-fire-critical-condition/|work=Rappler}}</ref> | reported missing = | reported property damage = ₱15 billion<ref>{{cite news|title=Officials: Cavite factory fire put out, all workers accounted for|url=http://cnnphilippines.com/news/2017/02/02/fire-raze-cavite-house-technology-industries-factory-casualties.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203121839/http://cnnphilippines.com/news/2017/02/02/fire-raze-cavite-house-technology-industries-factory-casualties.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 3, 2017|work=CNN Philippines}}</ref> | burial = | inquiries = | inquest = | coroner = | arrests = | suspects = | accused = | convicted = | charges = | trial = | verdict = | convictions = | sentence = | publication_bans = | litigation = | awards = | url = | blank_label = <!-- or |blank_data= --> | blank1_label = <!-- or |blank1_data= --> | blank2_label = <!-- or |blank2_data= --> | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> | notes = {{OSM Location map | coord = {{Coord|14.413660|120.875488}} | zoom = 13 | float = right | width = 240 | height = 200 | caption = | title = | scalemark = 60 |shape1 = image |mark1 = FireIcon.svg |mark-size1 = 16 |mark-coord1= {{Coord|14.413660|120.875488}} |label1 = HTI Factory |label-color1 = black |label-pos1=top |mark-title1= HTI Factory |minimap = file |mini-file = Ph locator cavite gen trias.png | mini-width = 80 | mini-height = 80 }} }} On February 1, 2017 at around 6:00&nbsp;p.m. (UTC +8), a fire hit the House Technology Industries, Ltd. factory inside the Cavite Export Processing Zone in General Trias, Cavite.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.panaynews.net/100-hurt-3-missing-in-cavite-factory-fire/|title=100 hurt, 3 missing in Cavite factory fire|publisher=Panay News|last=Co|first=Adrian Stewart|date=February 3, 2017|accessdate=February 3, 2017}}</ref>

==Incident== On February 1, around 746 employees were at work when the fire started according to Brig. Gen. Charito Plaza, director-general of Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA).<ref name=GT001>{{cite news|title=10 critical, scores injured in Cavite factory fire|url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/02/02/17/10-critical-scores-injured-in-cavite-factory-fire|work=ABS-CBN Corporation}}</ref> At 9pm, the third alarm was immediately raised.<ref name=GT001/>

==Aftermath== The fire was officially out at 4:15pm on February 3.<ref name=GT003>{{cite news|title=Cavite EPZA fire: No deaths recorded, but...|url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/160412-cavite-epza-fire-out-no-deaths/|work=Rappler}}</ref> Remulla said that some survivors suffered about 70% to 90% burns to their bodies.<ref>{{cite news|title=100 workers trapped, hurt in Cavite factory fire|url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/867463/100-workers-trapped-hurt-in-burning-factory-in-cavite|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer}}</ref>

The claims that there were fatalities which authorities tried to cover up were refuted by Remulla.<ref name=GT003/> The fire resulted in five fatalities who all died in hospital and not during the fire incident.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/162472-5th-hti-fire-victim-dies-hospital-caviteno/ |title=5th HTI fire victim dies in hospital |publisher=Rappler.com |date= 24 February 2017|access-date=February 25, 2017}}</ref>

==See also== *Kentex slipper factory fire

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Category:2017 disasters in the Philippines Category:2017 fires in Asia Category:February 2017 in the Philippines Category:Fires in the Philippines Category:History of Cavite Category:Factory fires Category:2017 industrial disasters

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