1 dead, 65 hospitalized in Navotas ammonia leak
Updated Feb 4, 2021 5:00:00 AM
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, February 3) One person died while 65 others were rushed to the hospital following an ammonia leak from an ice plant in Navotas City on Wednesday.
Fire authorities said 22 out of the 65 injured were transported to Tondo Medical Center, while the remaining 43 were brought to Navotas Hospital.
Navotas Mayor Toby Tiangco identified the facility as the T.P. Marcelo Ice Plant and Cold Storage and disclosed that it is owned by his mother and her siblings. Authorities are investigating the cause of the leak.
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Ang unang ginawa is malikas yung mga tao and number two, masara yung balbula. Susunod na titingnan nila is kung nasira ba yung tubo or human error,” Tiangco said in an interview.
Published February 3, 2021, 9:30 PM
Jimboy Cailo had just arrived home from work and was sleeping inside their house in Barangay North Bay Boulevard South (NBBS) in Navotas City when his frightened wife roused him following an ammonia leak that occurred at a nearby ice plant on Wednesday afternoon.
(photo from Gary Española)
The 26-year-old resident said he immediately grabbed a face mask and a wet towel, but even those did not give him and his family protection from the foul smell.
“Yung asawa ko po, ginising nya ako… Maya maya po naglalabasan na po mga tao, nag-iiyakan na po… dahil sa amoy na hindi makatao. Pag ano, manghihina ka eh (My wife awakened me from sleep. I already saw people running outside and crying… because of the ‘inhumane’ smell. You’d really feel weak when you inhale it),” he told the Manila Bulletin in an interview.
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