37 feared dead in Philippine mall blaze: vice mayor

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Davao (Philippines): Thirty-seven people were believed killed in a fire that engulfed a shopping mall in the southern Philippine city of Davao, the local vice mayor said today.

A Bureau of Fire Protection commander at the scene said the chances of the 37 surviving were "zero", Paolo Duterte, the vice mayor, who is also the president's son, wrote in a Facebook post.