Philippines Hotel Fire

Five people have perished in a raging inferno that tore through a hotel and casino complex in Manila, authorities said Monday, after firefighters battled more than 24 hours to douse the flames.

Three people were killed and 23 injured by a major hotel fire in the Philippine capital Manila on Sunday, with others plucked by helicopter from the rooftop of the building engulfed in thick black smoke, authorities said.

A gunman burst into a casino at a resort complex in Manila early Friday, set fire to gambling tables and stuffed a bag with casino chips. He was later found dead in an apparent suicide in a hotel room. Local media reports said at least 34 died as a result of the fire.

Foreigners are believed to be among six people who died on Friday when a fire razed a small hotel near a former US naval base in the Philippines, rescue officials said.

A fire rapidly swept through a budget hotel in the northern Philippines early Sunday burning to death 15 people -- several crammed in bathrooms where they fled in panic. Nine of the victims were nursing students in town to take a licensing exam.Some firefighters were moved to tears after finding the badly burned bodies in the upper floors of the fi...

Five people have perished in a raging inferno that tore through a hotel and casino complex in Manila, authorities said Monday, after firefighters battled more than 24 hours to douse the flames.

Three people were killed and 23 injured by a major hotel fire in the Philippine capital Manila on Sunday, with others plucked by helicopter from the rooftop of the building engulfed in thick black smoke, authorities said.

A gunman burst into a casino at a resort complex in Manila early Friday, set fire to gambling tables and stuffed a bag with casino chips. He was later found dead in an apparent suicide in a hotel room. Local media reports said at least 34 died as a result of the fire.

Foreigners are believed to be among six people who died on Friday when a fire razed a small hotel near a former US naval base in the Philippines, rescue officials said.

A fire rapidly swept through a budget hotel in the northern Philippines early Sunday burning to death 15 people -- several crammed in bathrooms where they fled in panic. Nine of the victims were nursing students in town to take a licensing exam.Some firefighters were moved to tears after finding the badly burned bodies in the upper floors of the fi...