Manila authorities probe gas leak, advise Sta. Ana, Pandacan residents to evacuate

Authorities early Sunday advised residents in the city's Sta. Ana and Pandacan districts to leave their homes as they investigate a possible gas leak in the area.

 

Outgoing Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim made the appeal after residents in the two districts near the Pasig River complained of a foul smell.

 

"Yung bata, likas muna kayo sa Main Road o Otis o Pedro Gil para hindi kayo malapit. Inaalam natin saan nanggagaling ang oil o gas leak na ito (Residents especially children should go to the Main Road or Otis or Pedro Gil to get away from the possible leak. We're trying to get to the bottom of this)," he said in an interview on dzBB radio.

 

He said they are looking at a warehouse owned by one Mr. Sy as the possible source of the smell.

 

In the meantime, Lim advised residents to go to the hospital in Sta. Ana if they felt unwell.

 

"Ang ospital ng Sta. Ana nakabukas (The hospital in Sta. Ana is open)," he said.

 

Several residents earlier complaiend of a foul smell that could indicate a gas leak or oil spill.

 

A separate report on Bombo Radyo said some of the affected areas included Barangay 890 in Pandacan, United Nations, and even areas near Malacañang.

 

The Bombo Radyo report said teams from the Metropoltian Manila Development Authority, Philippine Coast Guard and Bureau of Fire Protection went to the area.

Pandacan

In August last year, Ordinance 8283 again reclassified the area, this time as a high-intensity commercial zone.

The Pandacan depot serves 70 percent of the shipping industry’s fuel needs and 75 percent of the region’s aviation fuel requirements.  — ELR, GMA News