If even one of her employees died, Amor Pelenia’s butane canister-refilling operations would have been immediately shut down by the Cebu City government. A circular of the Department of Energy bans the refilling of LPG in single-use…
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…
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…
LPG BLAST: 14 HURT At least 14 people, including seven students, were injured in a fire that followed an explosion at a canteen of the Cebu Technological University (CTU) yesterday morning in barangay San Roque, Cebu…
THE chief of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) ruled that the Petronas Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) Terminal in the City of Naga, Cebu has violated fire safety standards. In a ruling dated July 15, 2014, BFP…
The Naga city government assured that it would not close a gas facility whose permits were earlier canceled due to fire safety compliance issues. Naga legal counsel Alfredo Garcia Jr. told the court yesterday that the city…
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…
The Department of Energy (DOE) 7 advised the public not to buy butane canisters refilled with liquified petroleum gasoline (LPG) because it’s risky and below standards. A DOE Circular was passed in January this year making it…
Ten persons, including two children, were injured after a gas stove exploded while they were eating in a carenderia on Easter Sunday morning in barangay Poblacion, Lapu-Lapu City. The cook, a certain Johnny, sustained the most severe…
The Petronas Energy Philippines Inc. in barangay Langtad, Naga City is not causing harm to the public and has not violated safety standards. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) 7 said that the company’s Liquefied Petroleum Gas…
