THE massive fire that razed a Japanese-owned factory inside the Cavite Export Processing Zone has claimed the life of a worker who was among the last to leave the inferno to help rescue his trapped colleagues.

The worker, identified as Jerome Sismaet, died Saturday night as he succumbed to severe third-degree burns.

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