The commanding officer of the Explosives and Ordnance Division of Philippine Army suffered first degree burns in an early morning blaze that hit Camp Martin Delgado regional headquarters housing the Police Regional Office 6 at Fort San Pedro here.
The early morning blaze totally burned the EOD office and also damaged other adjoining offices that include the Arms and Communications Office of the Philippine Army as well as portions of the Regional Logistics Division Office of PRO6 and the office of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group.
With the billowing fire, loud explosions echoed which they believed was triggered by a cache of explosive inside the EOD.
The powerful explosion which rocked the entire PNP regional headquarters and clustered barangays surrounding the camp, shattered the jalousy windows and riddled the wall of other nearby offices inside Camp Delgado.
It was unfortunate that Capt. Noel Frias, the chief of the Philippine Army’s EOD was inside his office when the fateful incident happened that resulted to his injuries.
He is presently confined in a city hospital from injuries and first degree burn he suffered in the different parts of his body as an aftermath of the strong explosion.
The powerful blast also awakened and alarmed barangay residents in the waterfront areas wee hours in the morning thinking the PNP camp might be under attack from hostile forces.
They later realized that an early morning fire hit the camp after they heard sirens of firetrucks from the nearby Bureau of Fire Protection along Aduana area rumbled toward the camp to put out the blaze.
In its initial finding, the team of arson probers said the fire started from the power transformer adjoining the PA’s EOD office though they are presently conducting a thorough investigation on the incident.
Meanwhile,
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