More than a hundred workers were injured in an 18-hour fire that gutted a Japanese-run factory at an economic zone in Rosario, Cavite, authorities said Thursday.

Cavite Governor Jesus Crispin Remulla said at least 104 people were brought to different hospitals, a number of them in “very critical” condition and with third-degree burns in 70 to 90 percent of their bodies.

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