At least 100 workers, including three Japanese, have been injured after fire broke out inside a factory southwest of Manila. Three people have been confirmed missing after flames engulfed House Technologies Industries, a Japanese-owned company, at the Export Processing Zone (EPZA) in General Trias town, Cavite province. /CFP Photo

Plumes of black smoke could be seen rising from the charred factory from a distance. By Thursday afternoon, the fire was reportedly under control but not fully extinguished nearly 24 hours after it started. /CFP Photo

A machine failure led to small blasts in a section of the factory where flammable and combustible materials were present, triggering the inferno. A third of about 15,000 employees were on duty when the fire broke out. /CFP Photo