Photos courtesy of the Philippine Information Agency Western Mindanao Region 9.
ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR (Mindanao Examiner / 02 Feb) - Authorities said at least 28 people were killed and over three dozens injured in a massive explosion from a truck transporting cooking gas on Friday in Zamboanga del Sur province in the southern Philippines.
But the number of casualties are expected to increase as more of the injured remain in serious condition in hospitals in Pagadian City.
The explosion, which occurred at around 10.40 a.m. in Tigbao town, literally obliterated a packed passenger bus passing near the truck that overturned on a highway in Lacupayan village.
Rescuers said most of those killed were mutilated by the powerful blast.The photographs of the scene above released to the Mindanao Examiner by the Philippine News Agency-Western Mindanao Region 9 contained graphic images. (Mindanao Examiner)
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MEMORABLE, MY 2 UNCLE DIED ON THAT TRAGEDY AND MY FATHER WAS WOUNDED,, OUR HOUSE IS NEAR ON THAT AREA..
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