Fire in Philippine factory, 15 people died
MANILA, Philippines — A fire on Thursday killed 15 people at a small garment factory in a residential area of the Philippines, where firefighters were delayed due to flooding, traffic and incorrect addresses.
a fire official said.
Most of the victims appeared to be factory workers and carpenters sleeping in their bedrooms when the fire broke out on Thursday morning.
Several people were found dead in an alleyway outside the bedroom and the factory owner and his children were among those killed, Chief of Police Nahum Tarroza of the Fire Office said.
Tarroza said three people survived with injuries when they jumped from the second floor of the two-story factory in a panic.Three people were taken to the hospital.
The arrival of firefighters was delayed by about 14 minutes, Tarroza said, after a downpour of downpours and monsoon winds caused flooding, traffic jams and misdirected the fire brigade.
Tarroza said he would order an investigation into the delayed response of the fire service.The fire at the Pleasant View residential area in Tandang Sora village, on the outskirts of Quezon, was extinguished within two hours.
An investigation is underway to determine the cause and whether the factory owner violated safety regulations, officials said. Norway announces the closure of its embassy in Mali
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Norway on Thursday announced it would close its embassy in Mali, saying the withdrawal of UN peacekeepers from the West African country “would have consequences for security.” of Norwegian diplomatic missions as well as other diplomatic missions and international organizations”.In June, Mali’s Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop asked the United Nations peacekeepers, who have been fighting Muslim insurgents for more than a decade, to leave immediately, saying that They failed in their mission.
At the end of the month, the UN Security Council passed a resolution ending the mission of the UN force, known as MINUSMA, and called for its withdrawal to be completed by the end of the year.
Norwegian Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt said the embassy in Bamako, Mali’s capital, would close later this year and Norway would have to “find other ways to advance our interests in Mali”.
The diplomatic mission also represented Norway in Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Niger and Chad.Last year, Colonel Assimi Goita, who appointed himself as Mali’s transitional president, ordered French troops and European Union forces to leave the country.
4 Finns on suspicion of terrorist plot
HELSINKI — Finnish prosecutors on Thursday filed charges against four Finnish men, belonging to a domestic extremist group, accusing them of planning attacks on migrants, critical infrastructure and their suspected political opponents, authorities said.
Police said the men were also suspected of making 3D-printed weapons in preparation for a racially motivated armed conflict in Finland.
Three of these men have been charged with terrorism in connection with the manufacture of firearms and training in their use.Finnish public broadcaster YLE said the four men adhered to neo-Nazi ideology, in particular the concept of accelerationism, a fringe philosophy that promotes mass violence in order to cause havoc.social breakdown and was nurtured by white supremacists.
Jukka Rappe said: “Because of racist beliefs, the defendants are suspected of preparing an armed conflict between populations in which people will be killed and social structures destroyed.
destroyed by attacks using homemade firearms”., deputy state.prosecutor of the National Public Prosecution Service, said in a statement.Prosecutors said the preliminary investigation showed that the defendants’ activity had not reached the level of preparation for a specific act of terrorism.
According to Finnish police, these four men are suspected of collecting communications from ideological associations and opponents, especially those who support leftist politics, and planning attacks.armed.
BY DOCTOR-GAZETTE EMPLOYEE FROM WIRE REPORT
Police conduct an exterior inspection of a burning factory in Quezon City, Philippines, Thursday, August 31, 2023. A fire killed more than a dozen people Thursday at a small garment factory in the area. population of the city. Philippines, where firefighters were delayed due to flooding. , traffic and the wrong address, a firefighter.
Firefighters carry the body bag of a fire victim in Quezon City, Philippines, Thursday, August 31, 2023.A fire killed more than a dozen people Thursday at a small garment factory.in a neighboring residential area in the Philippines, where firefighters were delayed due to flooding., traffic and the wrong address, a firefighter.
Psalm 46:1
“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.”
