ZAMBOANGA CITY, Zamboanga del Sur —— One person was killed, four others suffered burns while another remains missing after a motor launch exploded on Friday night, April 16, at a private wharf in Baliwasan village here.
The wooden-hulled boat was loaded with 200 barrels of gasoline. Each barrel contained 200 liters of gasoline.
Chief Inspector Jaqueline Ortega, ground commander of the City Fire Department, said the explosion “was due to ignition coming from the engine compartment at the lower deck area of M/L Zaida May (which) later on produced rampaging flames due to (the) volume of gasoline fumes.”
The launch was owned by a certain Salam Addah.
Ortega said they received…
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