Gas leak kills 3 seamen

MANILA, Philippines – Three Filipino seamen in Shanghai, China died of carbon dioxide poisoning on Thursday, a report of the Philippine Consulate General in Shanghai said yesterday.

Aileen Mendiola-Rau, acting head of the Philippine Consulate General in Shanghai, said in a report to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) that the three Filipino seafarers died in the aftermath of an accidental gas leak at the Chongming Dadong Shipping Yard in Shanghai.

The fatalities were identified as Heracleof Casas, 44; Ferdinand Armendares, 40; and Rex Villaruz, 37. – Pia Lee-Brago