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SIX vehicles were destroyed in a fire caused by the collision between a school bus and an Isuzu Elf truck that was transporting butane canisters in barangay San Isidro, Talisay City at 6:22 a.m. Wednesday. Chief Insp.…
TWO persons were injured when a fire burned down 100 houses and damaged 15 others in sitio Pungsod, Barangay Lawaan III in Talisay City at past 10 am yesterday. The Talisay City fire occurred hours after a…
Fire investigators initially said a butane explosion caused the fire earlier this morning at Sitio Pungsod, Brgy. Lawaan III in Talisay City. Randy Mendaros, Talisay City Fire Marshal told Cebu Daily News that the butane explosion occurred…
SOME owners of LPG refilling stations, distributors and vendors of refilled butane canisters opposed a proposed ban on butane refills. They aired their sentiments the first public hearing of a proposed ordinance at the Lapu-Lapu city session…
What was supposed to be a simple, straightforward campaign to eliminate the use of refilled butane canisters became politicized when the cans were plastered with campaign slogans. The discovery of some butane canisters refilled with LPG gas…
Fire investigators ruled out that the recent fire in barangay Mambaling was caused by a butane canister explosion. SFO4 Roylin Maratas, fire investigator, said that Nelson Padica executed an affidavit that the fire started with a ceiling…
The Department of Energy (DOE) is seeking the help of the police and the Cebu City inter-agency task force in going after enterprises and individuals who refill butane canisters with liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). DOE 7 has…
Wa nako matingala dihang gianunsiyo ni Gov. Junjun Davide nga iyang ipataktak sa serbisyo pinaagi sa pagputol na sa kontrata isip job order employee si Dra. Agnes Demano, ang kontrobersiyal nga doctor sa Minglanilla District Hospital nga…
Is Mayor Michael Rama endorsing LPG–refilled butane canisters and butane stoves? He scoffed at the idea yesterday, saying he would never put the lives of people in danger that way. A photo of a stove and canister…
LPG refillers lobby to have cans tested as ‘safe’ It’s cheap, handy and everywhere. While the refilling of LPG in butane canisters is banned as a fire hazard, the widespread use and sale of these portable cooking…
CEBU City Councilor Dave Tumulak yesterday said butane refilling stations that have not complied with the safety standards set by the Department of Energy (DOE) are considered illegal. “We are assuming that all refilling stations have not…
A one-week information campaign will be held in the barangays before Cebu City takes drastic action and confiscates and arrests vendors and distributors of refilled butane canisters, which are illegal. “We haven’t started yet. We are only…
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