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Chemical leak downs residents, kills animals in Quezon City barangay

- Reinir Padua -
May 26, 2010 | 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines - Several persons living in the vicinity of a house along Matimtiman street in Barangay Pinyahan, Quezon City were hospitalized due to fumes that leaked from a chemical tank, police said yesterday.

Superintendent Victor Arevalo, commander of the Quezon City Police District Station 10, said an “old, rusty oxygen tank” kept at 26 Matimtiman street leaked at around 1 p.m. yesterday. He described the smell as similar to that of muriatic acid.

Arevalo said dead stray animals were found on nearby streets, and some pets kept in surrounding houses died.

Bureau of Fire Prevention personnel took the tank for disposal.

AREVALO

BARANGAY PINYAHAN

BUREAU OF FIRE PREVENTION

CITY

KEPT

LEAKED

MATIMTIMAN

QUEZON CITY

QUEZON CITY POLICE DISTRICT STATION

SUPERINTENDENT VICTOR AREVALO

TANK
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