The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) has issued an advisory on the possible danger of toxic substances that may be carried by debris of a rocket that may fall on Vigan City and Catanduanes. 

Vigan City and Catanduanes have been identified as among the possible drop zones of debris from a rocket launched by China.

It is anticipated that debris from the Long March 8 rocket will fall approximately 78 nautical miles or over 144 kilometers from the shoreline of Vigan City, Ilocos Sur and 332 nautical miles off the coast of Panay Island in Catanduanes.

Despite the distance from the shoreline, PhilSA said the debris remains hazardous to ships, boats, and aircraft.

"PhilSA reiterates its earlier advice for the public to inform local authorities if suspected debris is sighted. PhilSA also cautions against retrieving or coming in close contact with these materials that may contain remnants of toxic substances such as rocket fuel," PhilSA said in an advisory.

The Coast Guard Ilocos Sur Station has not issued a statement or received reports on the matter, as of this writing.

The rocket, a Long March 8, took off from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center on the southern Chinese island of Hainan carrying the Queqiao-2 satellite, on the morning of March 20, 2024.

The satellite will help pass messages back and forth between China's Chang'e moon spacecraft that aims to study the far side of the moon.