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Gas leak downs 99 Zambo City folk

- Roel Pareño -
March 2, 2012 | 12:00am

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines – At least 99 residents here were rushed to different hospitals when gas leaked from an ice plant Wednesday night, authorities said.

About a thousand more were forced to flee Sitio Dumagsa in Ayala district as a result of the gas leak from the E&L ice plant owned by a certain Kimbok Tan.

The residents told police they heard a dull explosion from inside the ice processing plant and minutes later, an obno-xious gas, which turned out to be ammonia, leaked into the community. 

One of the pipes channeling the ammonia to cool the giant refrigeration section, was reportedly accidentally hit by a huge metal ice molder and ruptured, causing the gas leak.

ACCIDENTALLY

AMMONIA

AYALA

GAS

ICE

KIMBOK TAN

LEAK

LEAKED

PLANT

RESIDENTS

SITIO DUMAGSA
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