Fire in Philippine Shopping Mall Kills 37

Fire in Philippine Shopping Mall Kills 37
President Rodrigo Duterte comforts family members of fire victims in Davao city in Philippines on Dec. 24, 2017. Reuters/Presidential Palace
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MANILA–Fire swept through a shopping mall in the Philippines killing at least 37 people, most of them workers at a call center, city government officials said on Sunday.

The vice mayor of the southern city of Davao, Paolo Duterte, said the chance of survival for any of the 37 people missing at the NCC Mall was “zero”.