ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR (Mindanao Examiner / 03 Feb) – At least 50 people have been confirmed killed and more than 40 seriously injured from a deadly fuel gas tanker explosion in the southern Philippines, officials said on Saturday.
Major General Raymundo Ferrer, commander of the Army’s 1st Infantry Division, said soldiers were still recovering body parts from a large area in the village of Lacupayan in Zamboanga del Sur’s Tigbao town where the truck transporting liquiefied gas overturned and exploded.
A passing provincial bus was totally destroyed, its passengers killed, many had been decapitated from the powerful blast, Ferre said.
“The death toll from have climbed to 50 and more than 40 are still in critical condition. Our soldiers are still combing the area for body parts,” Ferrer told the Mindanao Examiner.
Authorities on Friday placed the casualties as 28, but many of the injured remain in serious condition in hospitals in Pagadian City. Rescuers said most of those killed were mutilated by the powerful blast. (Mindanao Examiner)
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Saturday, February 03, 2007
Friday, February 02, 2007
Photo: Aftermath Of Gas Explosion In Southern Philippines
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)
Dozens Fear Dead, Wounded In Gas Explosion In Southern Philippines
PAGADIAN CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 02 Feb) – At least 30 people were feared dead after a gas explosion Friday in the southern Philippine province of Zamboanga del Sur, officials said.
The fiery blast also injured dozens of people in the village of Lacupayan in Tigbao town where a delivery truck carrying tanks of liquefied petroleum gas had earlier overturned.
Officials said an electrical spark from the engine or exhaust of a passing bus may have triggered a fire from leaked gas tanks that caused the explosion. The bus, which came from nearby town of Buug, was on its way to Pagadian City.
“Initial reports said as many as 30 people had been killed and that there are many people injured from the blast, mostly bus passengers,” Major General Raymundo Ferrer, commander of the Army’s 1st Infantry Division, told the Mindanao Examiner.
He said troops were sent to the area to help bring the victims to hospitals in Pagadian City, several miles from Tigbao.
“Military trucks and ambulances are now being used to transport the victims to hospitals. This is a terrible day and we really cannot tell when accidents would occur,” Ferrer said.
He said the explosion occurred at around 10.40 a.m. and that soldiers from a detachment near the village rushed to the area after they heard the powerful blast.
The area had been cordoned off, he said, to allow investigation by authorities. (Mindanao Examiner)
The fiery blast also injured dozens of people in the village of Lacupayan in Tigbao town where a delivery truck carrying tanks of liquefied petroleum gas had earlier overturned.
Officials said an electrical spark from the engine or exhaust of a passing bus may have triggered a fire from leaked gas tanks that caused the explosion. The bus, which came from nearby town of Buug, was on its way to Pagadian City.
“Initial reports said as many as 30 people had been killed and that there are many people injured from the blast, mostly bus passengers,” Major General Raymundo Ferrer, commander of the Army’s 1st Infantry Division, told the Mindanao Examiner.
He said troops were sent to the area to help bring the victims to hospitals in Pagadian City, several miles from Tigbao.
“Military trucks and ambulances are now being used to transport the victims to hospitals. This is a terrible day and we really cannot tell when accidents would occur,” Ferrer said.
He said the explosion occurred at around 10.40 a.m. and that soldiers from a detachment near the village rushed to the area after they heard the powerful blast.
The area had been cordoned off, he said, to allow investigation by authorities. (Mindanao Examiner)
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