Dreamscape Networks, a business process outsourcing company, rented the whole Cinema 5 for the launch of its new ad campaign. Several foreign visitors were among those at the event.
According to one witness, the water that came out of the ceiling poured "like waterfalls." Then, portions of the ceiling collapsed. People inside the cinema moved toward the exits.
Lawyer Jeanette Japzon, Cebu Holdings Inc. corporate communications manager, said the victims sustained cuts and various injuries.
"They were rushed to a nearby private hospital," Japzon said in a phone.
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