CHEAP BUT RISKY

Marc Eric Cosep and Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/07/2015

Why it’s dangerous to misuse butane canisters as LPG refills First, a fresh wave of public warnings. Next step, a “massive confiscation” of butane canisters that are refilled with cooking gas. This action was agreed yesterday in…

No guidelines, no charges against butane outlet owner

Apple Ta-as, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Vanessa Claire Lucero 11/05/2015

No charges will be filed against the homeowner whose eight employees were injured in an explosion caused by leaked butane canisters in Greyhound Subdivision, barangay Kinasang-an Pardo, Cebu City last Tuesday. “The fire was immediately put out.…

Eight injured in butane explosion inside home

Apple Ta-as, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/04/2015

  Eight persons were injured in an explosion at a two-story house in Greyhound Subdivision, barangay Kinasang-an Pardo, Cebu City at past 2 p.m. yesterday. The victims were workers of a refilling station for canisters of butane,…

Ban sought on LPG refilled butane canisters

Victor Anthony V. Silva 04/28/2015

An ordinance to ban the use, sale and refilling of butane canisters with Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) is under review by the Cebu Provincial Board. “There have been recent massive incidents of fire in Cebu province  attributed…

Biggest fire in Cogon caused by butane can

Jhunnex Napallacan, Norman V. Mendoza 04/12/2015

Kitchen fire spreads to 31 houses; LPG-refilled butane canisters  ‘hazardous’   If you’re cooking at home using a butane canister refilled with LPG, think again. The  cheap but hazardous source of stove fuel was identified as the…

Mandaue firemen struggle to put out warehouse fire

Anie M. Paujana 08/10/2014

Thick black smoke and the smell of burned combustible materials made it difficult to breathe a day after Friday’s fire hit an interior part of barangay Looc, Mandaue City. By noon, Mandaue City firefighters were still clearing…

Cooking with butane gas stoves cheaper, but LPG refills are fire hazard

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 06/12/2014

Authorities yesterday gave this warning after noting the proliferation of shops that illegally refill butane gas canisters with LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) in Metro Cebu and its suburbs. The danger of an accidental explosion at home arises…

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