Police rule out bomb in Tondo, Philippines explosion

[Starmix]

According to the Manila, Philippines, report, the Manila Police District has ruled out that a bomb caused the explosion near the PNR railroad tracks at the corner of Dagupan Street and Tayuman Street in Tondo, Sunday afternoon.

The report said that Police Lt. Col. Gilbert Cruz, commander of Manila Police District Station 2, said that based on the initial assessment by the EOD personnel and arson investigators from the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the explosion was caused by an air compressor.

Initially, four people were reported to have sustained severe injuries from the explosion, which happened around 2:30 p.m. One patient’s arm was cut due to the explosion. Others sustained severe body distortions.

According to Cruz, the people who suffered injuries reportedly found the air compressor and were trying to dismantle it when it exploded.

Jay Dela Fuente, chief of the Manila Social Welfare and Development Office, later confirmed that the number of injured has risen to six. The city government will shoulder all medical expenses of the victims of the explosion.

Source: ABS-CBN

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[Augusta]

i hope that got injured here are receiving the needed treatment and they responding well to treatment given.

 

[Starmix]

i hope that got injured here are receiving the needed treatment and they responding well to treatment given.

There were many injured but no casualties. One victim lost his arm. Others lost body parts. It was so scary bombing happened in one of the cities in Manila.

 

[magnus2022]

How can air compressor caused such harmful damage? It is likely not air compressor but than Providence that no life was lost.

 

[Starmix]

That was so sudden, despite no one was killed but the physical injuries were severe, one victim's arm was cut. It was so scary incident.