LPG tank blasts Pasig City home
abs-cbnNEWS.com | 12/31/2008 11:37 AM
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This father in Pasig City did not have a clue that lighting a cigarette inside his house would create a big bang.
Arturo Arevalo went home around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and lighted a cigarette as he usually does. But the unusual happened, the spark from his lighter created a loud explosion.
Arevalo later found out that his children and wife left their home 30 minutes earlier with a leaking cooking gas tank.
"The leaked gas got trapped and when he lighted his cigarette, fire exploded," said Police Officer 3 Andrew Mendez of the Pasig City police's Explosive and Ordnance Division.
Mendez said the explosion wouldn't happen if Arevalo did not ignore the leaking gas' smell when he entered their home.
The policeman also blamed the other members of the Arevalo family for not checking the cooking gas tank before leaving.
Arevalo fortunately escaped the explosion with minor burn wounds, but his house's furniture and appliances were in total wreck.
The Arevalo home's glass windows were shattered and the walls were damaged because of the explosion's impact. Some neighbors told the police that they also felt their homes shake after the explosion.
"We did not have money to spend this Christmas, and now this happened. At least no one was hurt," Arevalo's wife, Victorina, said.
