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(Updated 3:16 p.m.) About 67 people have been taken to two hospitals in Makati City after a powerful blast hit the Glorietta 2 shopping mall on Friday afternoon.

A nurse interviewed by dzBB radio at the Makati Medical Center (MMC) said 42 people have been admitted, but could not comment on the extent of their injuries.

The report said that “as far as the nurse knew,” four people were already declared dead.

As this developed, radio dzBB said 25 people were taken to the Ospital ng Makati.

For his part, Alfie Reyes, corporate spokesman of mall owner Ayala Land, said that, “roughly about a dozen people were injured, with the possibility of some fatalities.”

“We are still under investigation and there are a lot of things that we do not know at this point. But what we do know is that an explosion went off within the premises of Glorietta 2 at roughly around 1:30 p.m.,” Reyes said.

Reyes added that, “We will extend assistance to all of the victims and if any of their families wish to reach out to us, we will do so (and help them).”

He said the mall area has been “evacuated” and that all of the victims have been taken out of the area. - GMANews.TV

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