Fire razes army ammo depot in Shariff Kabunsuan
SHARIFF KABUNSUAN, Philippines – A fire of still unknown origin hit a military ammunition depot at 4:15 a.m. Friday, triggering 30-minute successive explosions that sent jitters among city residents.
Military officials here remained mum on the incident amid speculations that the military’s biggest camp in Central Mindanao was under attack by Moro rebels.
Col. Julieto Ando, 6th Infantry Division spokesman, said the fire gutted the Field Support Supply Unit of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
“This is a separate unit of the AFP but not administratively under the 6th Infantry Division," Ando said.
To dispel fears of an attack, Ando said: “The explosion was in succession and no retaliation fire, so the Army camp is not under attack."
He said that the depot was a separate building so that the fire did not damage anything outside it.
“We do not know what triggered the fire," he said. The series of explosions started at 4:15 a.m. and lasted until 4:45 a.m. in what residents compared to a new year’s revelry.
The fire was put under control by 5 a.m.
“This is dumped ammunition, those that the military believed are dud or may no longer be used," Ando said.
“Yong mga luma na bala are separated to avoid accident while in possession of soldiers, they are kept under the custody of FASSU," Ando said. - Edwin Fernandez, GMANews.TV)
Military officials here remained mum on the incident amid speculations that the military’s biggest camp in Central Mindanao was under attack by Moro rebels.
Col. Julieto Ando, 6th Infantry Division spokesman, said the fire gutted the Field Support Supply Unit of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
“This is a separate unit of the AFP but not administratively under the 6th Infantry Division," Ando said.
To dispel fears of an attack, Ando said: “The explosion was in succession and no retaliation fire, so the Army camp is not under attack."
He said that the depot was a separate building so that the fire did not damage anything outside it.
“We do not know what triggered the fire," he said. The series of explosions started at 4:15 a.m. and lasted until 4:45 a.m. in what residents compared to a new year’s revelry.
The fire was put under control by 5 a.m.
“This is dumped ammunition, those that the military believed are dud or may no longer be used," Ando said.
“Yong mga luma na bala are separated to avoid accident while in possession of soldiers, they are kept under the custody of FASSU," Ando said. - Edwin Fernandez, GMANews.TV)
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