Check your inbox
We just sent a link to your inbox. Click the link to continue signing in. Can’t find it? Check your spam & junk mail.
Didn't get a link?
Check your inbox
We just sent a link to your inbox. Click the link to continue registering. Can’t find it? Check your spam & junk mail.
Didn't get a link?
Join Rappler+
How often would you like to pay?
Annual Subscription
Monthly Subscription
Your payment was interrupted
Exiting the registration flow at this point will mean you will loose your progress
Sprinklers didn't work during Manila Pavilion fire, firefighters say
MANILA, Philippines – Sprinklers at the Waterfront Manila Pavilion Hotel & Casino did not work, according to firefighters deployed to the site of a fire which claimed the lives of at least 3 people and left 23 others injured.
"[Sprinklers did not work] based on the initial report of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)," Manila Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office chief Johnny Yu told Rappler in a text message on Sunday, March 18.
In an interview with DZRH, Yu added: "Kailangan pasukin ng ating bumbero using external, gamit [ang] hose sa labas, doon sila bumobomba sa loob. Kung sakaling gumana man 'yung sprinkler system hindi sana tayo aabot ng ganito katagal."
(Our firefighters had to use an external [water source], meaning a hose outside then they blasted water inside. Had the sprinklers functioned, it wouldn't have taken us this long to put out the fire.)
As of 10:30 pm, the BFP has not yet declared "fire out."
Yu added in the radio interview that the hotel has yet to submit to them a copy of its emergency plans in case of fire.
According to Yu, a business establishment like the Manila Pavilion would need to have the following plans, before being granted a business permit by the Manila City government:
– Rappler.com
Rambo Talabong
@ramboreportsRambo Talabong covers security, crime, and the city of Manila for Rappler. He was chosen as a Jaime V. Ongpin Fellow in 2019 for his reporting on President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs.
