# HTI factory fire
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{{Short description|2017 fire in Cavite, Philippines}}
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| location = [General Trias](/source/General_Trias), [Cavite](/source/Cavite), [Philippines](/source/Philippines)
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| reported deaths = 5 (died in hospital)[{{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}}]
| reported injuries = 121[{{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](/source/Rappler)}}]
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| reported property damage = [₱](/source/Philippine_peso)15 billion[{{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](/source/CNN_Philippines)}}]
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On February 1, 2017 at around 6:00 p.m. ([UTC +8](/source/Philippine_Standard_Time)), a fire hit the House Technology Industries, Ltd. factory inside the [Cavite Export Processing Zone](/source/Cavite_Economic_Zone) in [General Trias](/source/General_Trias), [Cavite](/source/Cavite).[{{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}}]
==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](/source/Philippine_Economic_Zone_Authority) (PEZA).[{{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](/source/ABS-CBN_Corporation)}}] At 9pm, the third alarm was immediately raised.[
==Aftermath==
The fire was officially out at 4:15pm on February 3.][{{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](/source/Rappler)}}] Remulla said that some survivors suffered about 70% to 90% burns to their bodies.[{{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](/source/Philippine_Daily_Inquirer)}}]
The claims that there were fatalities which authorities tried to cover up were refuted by Remulla.[ The fire resulted in five fatalities who all died in hospital and not during the fire incident.][{{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}}]
==See also==
*[Kentex slipper factory fire](/source/Kentex_slipper_factory_fire)
==References==
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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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