菲律宾某酒店发生火灾 15人死亡-凯发k8官网

a fire at a budget hotel in the northern philippines has killed 15 people and injured 12, officials say.

菲律宾北部一座经济型酒店发生火灾，造成15人死亡、12人受伤。

it burned for several hours, ² the building. most guests were asleep when the fire began but dozens were rescued or managed to escape.

nine of those killed were reported to be nursing students who had been preparing for a licensing exam.

the cause of the fire was not immediately known.

however, ³ believe that it was fuelled by car tires and other ⁴ materials（易燃材料） stored in a room on the ground floor.

some firefighters wept and prayed as they ⁵（恢复，取回） the bodies of the dead.

"their families spent fortunes to send these children to school, only to see them end that way," an official said.

⁶ of the victims - some of them burned beyond recognition - were later brought to a local morgue（陈尸所，太平间） .
 
the students who survived the blaze went on to take the exam later on sunday, including one who turned up in ⁷ and sleeping clothes, according to the associated press news agency.

correspondents say hundreds of people die each year in fires in the philippines, where many buildings are built with inflammable（易燃的） materials, and narrow streets often make access for firefighters difficult.