the fire broke out early wednesday in a commercial district of a town in the southern island of mindanao. the local fire department says 17 bodies were discovered near the emergency exit of the top floor which houses a clothing store. three women managed to escape. the victims are believed to be female employees of the shop. most of them lived far away and were sleeping inside the store. one of the survivors said when she woke up, the room was filled with smoke and the fire spread rapidly. she says the fire was too strong to wake up the others before she dashed out of the building. >>> more and more signs are showing up that underscore the struggles of people who live near the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant. the signs read, closed for business. people are leaving the area, one after another. shops are closing down. so some people in fukushima city are trying a new strategy to revive their economy. nhk world has their story. >> reporter: japanese are no strangers to match-making parties. but not many have seen one as big as this. men and women gathered at this restaurant in fukushima cit

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seventeen people dead at the blaze that broke out in the early morning at the southern island of mindanao the victims are believed to be female employees who were sleeping in the shop three people did manage to escape but one worker still remains missing at this point the cause of the fire is on. our breaking news here in our to your thora he's in jakarta searching for a russian passenger plane after all communications with the aircraft were lost made flight let's get some more insight on this now from our. joining us on the program or any any news now the latest hours since we last spoke other what happened to the plane. no news yet rory the indonesian authorities are still searching for that russian sukhoi superjet one hundred the plane had forty four passengers on it and disappeared off the radar is during a demonstrated flight in jakarta today it's already gotten dark over there and it's raining at the visibility is not that good there is fog so we're hearing that the helicopters are no longer looking for the plane this search is now in restricted to ground crews it's taking place abo