Gas leak eyed in Serendra blast
Interior Secretary Manuel Roxas II said Monday that the possibility that an explosive device caused the Friday evening blast at Two Serendra in Bonifacio Global City in Taguig was getting slimmer.
View ArticleSerendra apartment visitor didn’t smell gas, says lawyer
The woman who was supposed to have dinner with the occupant of Apartment 501-B at Two Serendra in Taguig City on Friday did not smell gas when she came to see him minutes before the powerful blast, the...
View ArticleNo bomb in Serendra
The powerful explosion that ripped through an apartment in Two Serendra in Bonifacio Global City on May 31 was “most likely” caused by a gas leak, Interior Secretary Mar Roxas said Friday.
View ArticleInspection of gas systems in Bonifacio Global City now mandatory
Interior Secretary Manuel Roxas II said Thursday that establishments in the Bonifacio Global City, where a deadly explosion occurred last May 31, will undergo a mandatory check-up of their gas pipe...
View ArticleSerendra LPG system permanently shut
Following last month’s explosion at Two Serendra in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, caused by a gas leak, the developer of the condominium has decided to permanently shut down the piped-in liquefied...
View ArticleSerendra condo blast victim dies in hospital
A victim of the explosion at Two Serendra condominium in Taguig City more than a month ago died shortly after midnight Thursday, his lawyer said.
View ArticleBFP distributes evaluation checklists to condo residents in Bonifacio Global...
The Bureau of Fire Protection started the distribution Wednesday of evaluation checklists to unit owners at the Bonifacio Global City who will make a self-inspection and assessment of the gas systems...
View Article40 hospitalized due to gas leaks in North Cotabato–officials
At least 40 persons were rushed to hospitals here and in the municipality of President Roxas, also in North Cotabato, following separate incidents of gas leaks, officials reported belatedly on Tuesday.
View Article24 taken ill after leak of chlorine
At least two dozen people landed in hospitals in President Roxas town following a chlorine gas leak believed to be from a nearby water reservoir late last week, a town official said.
View ArticleGas explosion kills 1, hurts 2 at Venezuela gym
Venezuelan authorities say a gas leak caused an explosion in a gym just after a judo competition in the mining town of Puerto Ordaz. Officials say a journalist was killed and two other people were...
View Article1 dead, 7 injured after US gas leak explodes
A gas leak and explosion in a U.S. neighborhood killed one person and injured seven workers Tuesday while destroying 10 homes and damaging 45 others, authorities said.
View ArticleGas blast destroys 2 NY buildings; 5 people dead
A fifth person has been confirmed killed by an explosion that flattened two New York City apartment buildings.
View ArticleNew York gas blast death toll rises to eight
Rescuers scouring the rubble of two Manhattan apartment buildings leveled in a gas explosion found the body of an eighth victim on Thursday, nearly 36 hours after the disaster.
View ArticleAll 8 missing in NYC blast recovered – officials
All eight people reported missing have been found and their bodies identified at the site of a deadly gas explosion that leveled two New York City buildings, although the rescue operation will continue...
View ArticleQC residents report gas leak from factory
A GAS LEAK inside a Quezon City factory producing food additives and plastic inputs was reported on Sunday afternoon by residents who complained of a foul smell. Authorities were alerted to the leak...
View ArticleChemrez plant in QC to fully resume operations Thursday; gas leak stopped
The Chemrez plant in Bagumbayan, Quezon City, that leaked fumes on Sunday, had partially resumed operations on Tuesday, while full operations have been set to resume by Thursday, listed parent firm...
View ArticleFireworks still banned in 3 Makati barangays that suffered 2010 building gas...
In anticipation of the New Year's Eve revelry, Makati City Mayor Romulo "Kid" Peña reminded the residents of three barangays (villages) in the city -- Bangkal, Magallanes and Pio del Pilar -- to...
View Article4 children die in Texas gas poisoning; others injured
A poisonous gas believed to have been released when someone tried to wash away a pesticide that had been sprayed under a Texas home killed four children and left six other people hospitalized,...
View ArticleVictim in LPG refilling station blast-fire dies
One of the six workers of Omni Gas Corporation who were seriously injured in a fire at the Regasco refilling station in Pasig City passed away on Wednesday night, local officials said. Senior Inspector...
View ArticleMetro Briefs: Bus tips over on Edsa
At least 50 people were hurt, three of them seriously injured, after a public utility bus fell on its side at the corner of Edsa and Estrella Street in Makati City Thursday night. An RRCG bus plying...
View ArticleSyria’s Assad says chemical attack ‘100 percent fabrication’
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said a suspected chemical weapons attack was a "fabrication" to justify a US military strike, as Moscow digs in to defend its ally despite increasing strains with...
View ArticleGas leak causes fire
Filling balloons with hydrogen led to a fire in a party needs shop located inside a house in Barangay Longos, Malabon City on Sunday, leaving two people hurt and seven families homeless.
View ArticleAmmonia leak sends Olongapo high school students to hospital
An ammonia gas leak sent 57 students of the Olongapo City National High School (OCNHS) here to a hospital on Tuesday afternoon.
View ArticleExplosion rocks US suburb after gas main hit; 3 hurt
SUN PRAIRIE, Wis. (AP) — An explosion rocked the downtown area of a suburb of Madison after a contractor struck a natural gas main on Tuesday, injuring at least two firefighters and a police officer,...
View ArticleOne person dead, two others injured in Samsung gas leak in South Korea
One worker was killed and two injured when carbon dioxide leaked at a Samsung Electronics chip plant on Tuesday, the South Korean company said.
View ArticleBFP ‘hydrotests’ gas station after reported fuel leak in Makati
The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) in Makati has conducted “hydrotesting” of a gasoline station to determine the reported gas leak in Barangay Bangkal, Makati, Radyo Inquirer reported on Friday.
View ArticlePhoenix closes Makati station ahead of closure order
The Makati City government has ordered the closure of Phoenix Petroleum station in Bangkal after it was discovered to be operating without a permit. However, Atty. Ramon Zorrilla, Assistant Vice...
View ArticleRussian apartment collapse death toll rises to 37
The death toll from the collapse of a Russian apartment building has risen to 37 after more bodies were discovered by crews.
View Article2 firefighters killed in Paris bakery blast; 47 injured
Two firefighters were killed and 47 people injured in an explosion and fire apparently caused by a gas leak at a Paris bakery Saturday.
View Article7 hurt in Sampaloc, Manila gas leak explosion
A 3-year-old boy and 6 others were injured when a reported leaking LPG tank exploded inside a food establishment in Manila on Sunday.
View ArticleNCRPO rules out terror attack in Sampaloc blast
The NCRPO ruled out on Sunday terrorism as the cause of the explosion that rocked a food establishment in Sampaloc, Manila.
View ArticleChemical gas leak at Indian plant kills 8, nearly 1,000 sick
HYDERABAD, India — A chemical gas leaked from an industrial plant in southern India early Thursday, leaving people struggling to breathe and collapsing in the streets as they tried to flee. At least...
View ArticleElderly man accidentally blows up part of home while trying to swat fly
An elderly man accidentally blew up a portion of his home when he tried to swat a fly last Friday, Sept. 4.
View Article2 die after inhaling toxic gas in bathroom in S. Korea
BUSAN — Two workers have died after inhaling toxic gas in a bathroom at a shipyard in the southeastern city of Busan, police said Sunday. The two, one of them 48 years old and the other 28, were found...
View ArticleAussie firemen rush to ‘gas leak,’ get smelly surprise
SYDNEY—Canberra firefighters rushed to a store in Australia’s capital on Friday after reports of a gas leak—only to find the smell was caused by the penetrating waft of durian fruit. Emergency...
View ArticleChlorine gas leak kills 12, injures 251 at Jordan port
At least 12 people died and 251 were injured in a chlorine gas leak from a storage tank at Jordan’s Aqaba port, officials and state media reported on Monday. The leak came after a tank filled with 25...
View Article87 hospitalized in India industrial gas leak: reports
New Delhi, India — At least 87 women have been hospitalized after a gas leak at an apparel manufacturing plant in India, local media reports said Wednesday. The workers complained of nausea and...
View ArticleMystery gas leaks hit major Russian undersea gas pipelines to Europe
STOCKHOLM/COPENHAGEN — European countries on Tuesday scrambled to investigate unexplained leaks in two Russian gas pipelines running under the Baltic Sea near Sweden and Denmark, infrastructure at the...
View ArticleNord Stream gas leaks raise climate fears, but impact hard to quantify
Unexplained leaks in two Russian gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea are spewing out greenhouse gas emissions, raising fears that the disruption could cause a climate calamity – although to what extent is...
View ArticleFourth leak found on Nord Stream pipelines, Swedish coast guard says
OSLO — Sweden’s coast guard discovered a fourth gas leak on the damaged Nord Stream pipelines earlier this week, a spokesperson told the Svenska Dagbladet newspaper. The European Union suspects...
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