MANILA - Authorities on Monday rejected immediate comparisons between the fire that hit a casino-hotel in downtown Manila on Sunday and the one that hit a larger hotel last year.

The fire at the Manila Pavilion was put out at 10:56 a.m., some 25 hours after it erupted on Sunday morning and left dead 5 people, the Bureau of Fire Protection said.

In June 2017, a former government employee with an alleged gambling addiction fired shots and set the casino floor of the Resorts World Manila ablaze, killing 30 people.

"So far, wala namang naiulat [sa Manila Pavilion] na mayroong tao na katulad sa Resorts World," Chief Supt. Roel Jeremy Diaz, Metro Manila fire chief, tolld DZMM.

(So far, we have no reports that the Manila Pavilion was attacked by an individual like Resorts World.)

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The Manila Pavilion fire reportedly started in the casino or mezzanine area of the 21-floor hotel.

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The BFP said the 4 fatalities were employees of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation and 1 was a CCTV operator of the hotel.

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Another victim was initially declared dead but later revived by doctors and now remains in critical condition, the bureau said.

Twenty-four others were brought to the hospital after having difficulty breathing, while some 190 were accounted for, the BFP said.

The BFP said it would check reports from survivors that the sprinklers and alarm system of the 50-year-old hotel did not work.

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On Sunday afternoon, President Rodrigo Duterte inspected the fire on board a helicopter, photos from his aide showed.

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Deadly blazes break out regularly in the Philippines, particularly in slum areas where there are virtually no safety standards.

The deadliest in recent years was in Valenzuela City where 72 people died in 2015 at a factory which makes rubber slippers.

In the southern city of Davao, 38 people were killed in December by a fire that ravaged a shopping mall and a call center.

With reports from Lyza Aquino, ABS-CBN News; Agence France-Presse