The blaze started at the four-storey NCCC Mall on Saturday morning sending thick plumes of black smoke billowing into the sky over Davao. “He told us zero, no one would survive under these circumstances,” he told AFP. “NO VENTILATION”:In a statement on its local Facebook page SSI Philippines Davao said it would set up a “command centre” for relatives of those missing. Davao fire marshal Honeyfritz Alagano said the blaze may have started with a spark on the third floor of the mall, which boasted a furniture section. Davao, with a population of about 1.5 million people, is the biggest city in the southern Philippines.

Source: Pakistan Today December 24, 2017 05:03 UTC