Four overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) died in a fire that hit a food factory in Taiwan. Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) chief Silvestre Bello said three of them died due to suffocation, while the other passed on while undergoing medical treatment in the hospital. "Nakontak na ang next of kin nila (Their kin had already been contacted)," Bello said in an interview with Teleradyo on Thursday night. Meanwhile, four more Filipinos sustained "minor physical injuries" but suffered suffocation due to thick smoke. The fire happened on Tuesday at Lian Hwa factory, according to Taiwanese news agency, Focus Taiwan. There were less than 100 Filipinos working for the factory, according to Bello. "Well attended naman 'yung ating apat na kababayan pa. Maganda naman yung asikaso ng kanilang employer (Our citizens are well attended. They are being taken care by their employers)," he said. Bello said the families of the Filipino casualties will be provided by the Taiwanese government with cash assistance worth 100,000 new Taiwanese dollars. They will also be provided with other cash assistance, burial assistance, education assistance and insurance that will be shouldered by the Philippine government or by the company. The remains of the Filipino victims will be repatriated as soon as necessary documents are signed. "It will not take a week before they will be repatriated," he said. Bello said MECO is now coordinating with Taiwanese authorities in the investigation of the incident.