Authorities said one personnel remained missing as of 1:30 p.m. Wednesday while the three injured were confined at a local hospital here.
“This is based on the accounts of Novo Jeans and Shirts Enterprises management that there are 21 sales ladies and personnel staying in at Novo’s living quarters located on the third floor of Lamberto Tan Building, which the Novo Store is renting,” BFP Caraga regional director Fire Senior Supt. Mario Socorro C. Timonera said.
Butuan City Fire Marshall Aldrick Gomez told the Philippines News Agency (PNA) that the 17 remains of store workers were so far found by his firefighters and the Butuan Search and Rescue Team (BUSART) of the Butuan City government.
Timonera and Gomez identified 12 of the workers found dead as Bella Rose Dumagpit, 26, married and six months pregnant; Princess Grace Sari, 19, who hailed from Tangub City; Judilyn Ori, 23, of Dipolog City; Pinky Disipulo, 19, from Tandag City; Jessie Duyuhan, 25, from Agusan del Sur; Marites Morgado, 30, from Santiago, Agusan del Norte; Mylene Larasan, 26, from Zamboanga del Norte; Liezl Dalaygon, 21, from Ozamis City; Gladys Saavedra, 24, from Ozamis City; Maribel Buyco, 22, married, from Bukidnon; and Junalyn Amor, 27.
A Novo store supervisor who hailed from Surigao City was also found dead. He was only known with her nickname Krang-Krang.
Gomez said three sales ladies were able to escape from the third floor of Tan Building which served as their sleeping quarters but suffered burns. The three are now confined at the Elisa R. Ochoa Memorial Maternity and General Hospital here.
These sales ladies were identified as Vicky Velez, 21, from Tangub City; Grace Canoy, 22, a resident of Pagadian City; and Marilyn Tulo, 24, from Aurora, Zamboanga del Sur.
Novo Department Store is owned by Chinese nationals, says Amy Delegiro, one of the assistant store supervisors in their branch in this city.
Delegiro, a stay-out personnel, told the PNA at the fire scene here, that there are 21 sales ladies who were staying in on the third floor of Novo Department Store. She said most of the stay-ins were not residents of Butuan City.
Gomez said they received a fire alarm around 3:55 a.m. Wednesday. Fire trucks from nearby towns in Agusan del Norte also arrived to help.
“The fire was put out after more than two hours of fire fighting initiatives from 15 fire trucks from Butuan City, Cabadbaran City and other towns in Agusan provinces,” Gomez said PNA at the fire scene Wednesday morning.
Of the 10 towns and one city of Agusan del Norte, only four towns have fire trucks.Butuan City has four fire trucks but only three are serviceable at the moment. (PNA)
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Death toll in Butuan City fire reaches 17, three hurt, 1 missing
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