Kentex slipper factory fire

The number of victims from yesterday’s industrial fire in the Philippines rose to 72, which several workers still missing.

The local mayor expressed his hope that some of the workers may have broken free. The Kentex Manufacturing Inc-owned industrial building made slippers and flip-flops.

Seventy-two people died in a huge blaze at a footwear factory in the Philippine capital, authorities said May 14, as angry relatives and workers described sweatshop conditions including dismal fire safety standards.