More Than 100 Injured in Fire at Philippines Factory Complex

Residents watch smoke rise from a huge fire at the House Technology Industries (HTI) factory inside the Export Processing Zone Authority for more than twenty hours, in General Trias township, Cavite province south of Manila, Philippines, on Feb. 2, 2017. AP Photo/Bullit Marquez

MANILA, Philippines—More than 100 workers, including three Japanese, were injured and at least three were missing in a fire that hit a huge factory south of Manila and sent thousands of employees running to safety, an official said Thursday.

The fire at the House Technology Industries was under control but has not been fully extinguished nearly 18 hours after it started in General Trias town in Cavite province south of Manila, said Gov. Jesus Crispin Remulla. Firefighters hope to enter and inspect the factory later Thursday.

About 10 of the injured were in critical condition, Remulla told ABS-CBN TV news, adding some employees jumped from windows to escape the blaze at the three-story building where pre-fabricated house parts are manufactured for export to Japan.

Smoke rises from a huge fire at the House Technology Industries (HTI) factory inside the Export Processing Zone Authority for more than twenty hours, in General Trias township, Cavite province south of Manila, Philippines, on Feb. 2, 2017. AP Photo/Bullit Marquez