GENERAL TRIAS CITY, Cavite – Another injured line leader in the House Technology Industries Pte. Ltd. factory fire here died Friday, Cavite Gov. Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla reported yesterday.
Remulla said Alex Lerog, 33, of Rosario, Cavite and Sta. Monica, Surigao del Norte, succumbed to severe body burns at 6 p.m. in a hospital.
Larog’s death brought to three the number of fatalities in the fire at the Cavite Export Processing Zone Authority compound here.
The two earlier fatalities were Jerome de Guia Sismaet, 37, also an HTI line leader, and Richard Bombita Sargento, 33, an HTI employee. Sismaet died in the hospital on February 4 while Sargento passed away February 9.
(Anthony Giron)