Reuters AlertNet Lite - Four hurt in blast on oil barge in Manila

Reuters AlertNet Full site

NEWSDESK

Four hurt in blast on oil barge in Manila

15 Jan 2007 08:18:57 GMT
Source: Reuters

MANILA, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Four people were hurt in an explosion on an empty oil barge docked on Manila's Pasig river early on Monday, a Philippine fire official and the Coast Guard said.

The vessel, which was docked near a Coast Guard outpost in Manila after unloading a cargo of 1.1 million litres of gasoline, exploded at 8:30 a.m. (0030 GMT), Manila Fire Marshall Pablito Cordeta told reporters.

"This has nothing to do with terrorism," Cordeta told reporters, adding officials were still investigating the cause of the explosion, which was followed by a fire.

The military and police are on alert due to the summit of the Association of South East Asian Nations on Cebu island in the central Philippines.

The Coast Guard said three of those hurt were men hired to clean the tanker and a 36-year old woman who was passing by the area.

AlertNet news is provided by

Email this article Send comments

Countries

Small country map
© 2004 Europa Technologies Ltd.

Reset map

• Philippines profile
· View map

MORE >>

NGO latest

• The Philippines - Typhoon Durian: End of mission for TSF. More than 800 families and 13 organizations assisted
TSF - France

• Typhoon Durian: Surviving the Storm
Children Intl - USA

• Typhoon Seniang Batters the Philippines, ADRA Responds
ADRA - International

• Typhoon Damage Spares No One
Children Intl - USA

• ACT Appeal: Typhoon Durian - Emergency Assistance, Philippines
ACT - Switzerland

MORE >>

Latest news

• Four hurt in blast on oil barge in Manila

• SE Asia seeks access to emissions market

• Asian leaders to wind up summit with energy pact

• FACTBOX-Key facts about ASEAN

• Small tsunami waves hit Japan after Pacific quake

MORE >>

Last updated:Mon Jan 15 08:19:43 2007