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- Authorities have recovered one body from the scene, state media reports
- Another 36 are missing and feared dead
Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio said in a press conference that the Bureau of Fire and Protection would continue its efforts to recover those believed missing. "They will not stop until they [find] the 36 there," she said, according to PNA.
The mayor also confirmed that all 37 of the people caught in the fire were call center agents for Survey Sampling International (SSI), a business process outsourcing company located on the fourth floor of the mall.
Davao is Duterte's hometown. He was mayor of Davao City and still has a residence there.
Sunday morning, Emmanuel Jaldon, the chief operating officer for the Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office, said firefighters were in the last phase before declaring the fire out. He said the fire was "technically contained."
Authorities have not provided a cause of the fire.
"Please continue to pray for everyone's safety," the mall's management said in a statement Saturday, CNN Philippines reported.
The city is about 1,514 kilometers (941 miles) south of Manila.