Fire hits Phoenix oil depot in Batangas
LOS BAÑOS,Laguna-At least 16 firetrucks from different parts of the region were already deployed to contain the big fire that hit an oil depot in Calaca,Batangas.
In a phone interview, Batangas police director Sr. Supt. Arcadio Ronquillo, who himself is on the way to the scene, said the fire bureau has already raised to a “general alarm” the fire that engulfs Phoenix Petroterminals and Industrial Park in Barangay Salong.
The fire, he said, started at around 4 pm Saturday at the liquefied petroleum gas depot owned by Asia Pacific Inc.
The depot is registered Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers Association Partylist Representative Arnel Ty.
“Sixteen fire truck(s) (have) assisted but still cannot contain the fire. (A) command post has been established,” Ronquilllo in a text message said.
He said there are no reported casualties, so far.
