'Hero worker' is first fatality in Cavite factory fire

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<p>GENERAL TRIAS, Cavite -- <strong>(UPDATED)</strong> A man who helped rescue his fellow workers when a massive fire broke out in a factory inside the Cavite Economic Zone here has passed away, authorities confirmed Sunday.</p><p>Cavite Governor Jesus Crispin Remulla identified the victim as Jerome Sismaet, a line leader at the House Technologies Inc. (HTI) factory and the first fatality in the fire.</p><p>Sismaet was among the workers confined at the Divine Grace Hospital. He succumbed to severe burn injuries around 11 p.m. Saturday, Remulla said.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="tl">Isa sa mga nasa kritikal na kondisyon sa sunog sa Cavite, binawian na ng buhay sa Divine Grace Hospital, 11:30 kagabi | via <a href="https://twitter.com/RonLopezPH">@RonLopezPH</a> <a href="https://t.co/2DDxFygfNA">pic.twitter.com/2DDxFygfNA</a></p>— DZMM TeleRadyo (@DZMMTeleRadyo) <a href="https://twitter.com/DZMMTeleRadyo/status/828031413442211840">February 5, 2017</a></blockquote><script async="" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><p>Charito Plaza, director general of the Philippine Economic Zone Authority, lauded Sismaet as a hero for staying behind to let his subordinates escape from the burning factory first.</p><p>&quot;He is a hero, being one of the line leaders na tinulungan munang maka-evacuate ang mga kasama niya bago siya lumabas,&quot; she said.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1457988" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></figure><p>HTI employees were preparing for the night shift at 6 p.m. Wednesday when the fire started in one of its insulation rooms. The blaze was declared fire out after 70 hours, at around 4 p.m. Saturday.</p><p>The fire caused damage worth at least P15 billion and left over 100 workers wounded.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/02/02/17/watch-drone-video-of-cavite-factory-fire">WATCH: Drone video of Cavite factory fire</a></li></ul><p>HTI has promised to foot the medical bills and funeral expenses of all affected employees, Plaza said.</p><p>She added that firm representatives are set to hold an assessment meeting with authorities on Monday. -- <strong>With a report from Ron Lopez, DZMM</strong></p>

<p>(UPDATED) A man who helped rescue his fellow workers when a massive fire broke out in a factory inside the Cavite Economic Zone here has passed away, authorities confirmed Sunday.</p>

(UPDATED) A man who helped rescue his fellow workers when a massive fire broke out in a factory inside the Cavite Economic Zone here has passed away, authorities confirmed Sunday.

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'Hero worker' is first fatality in Cavite factory fire

'Hero worker' is first fatality in Cavite factory fire

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