The blaze at the Waterfront Manila Pavilion, a hotel and casino complex, was still raging six hours after it began on Sunday morning, prompting more than 300 people to flee the area and six to be brought to hospital, fire and city officials said.Manila: Four people were killed and 19 feared trapped by a major hotel fire in the Philippine capital Manila on Sunday, with others plucked from the rooftop by helicopter, authorities said. They were likely trapped, suffered from suffocation and were brought to the hospital but declared dead on arrival,” Yu told reporters, adding 19 were missing.Responders sent a helicopter to rescue people trapped on the rooftop and officials launched a ground operation to get the others out. There were those who inhaled the smoke and were brought to the hospital,” senior fire officer Marlon Banaag told AFP. Nearby cities were helping put out the blaze, Manila’s fire department said.Of the four who died, two were identified as hotel employees, said Manila city’s disaster risk reduction chief, Johnny Yu..Manila is one of 16 cities making up Metro Manila. Nearby cities were helping put out the blaze, Manila’s fire department said.

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