Four overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) died in a fire that hit a food factory in Taiwan. ManilaBulletin
Four overseas Filipino workers died in a fire that hit a food factory in Taiwan.
Manila Economic and Cultural Office chief Silvestre Bello said three of them died due to suffocation, while the other passed on while undergoing medical treatment in the hospital.Meanwhile, four more Filipinos sustained "minor physical injuries" but suffered suffocation due to thick smoke. The fire happened on Tuesday at Lian Hwa factory, according to Taiwanese news agency, Focus Taiwan."Well attended naman 'yung ating apat na kababayan pa.
Bello said the families of the Filipino casualties will be provided by the Taiwanese government with cash assistance worth 100,000 new Taiwanese dollars. They will also be provided with other cash assistance, burial assistance, education assistance and insurance that will be shouldered by the Philippine government or by the company."It will not take a week before they will be repatriated," he said.
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