NDRRMC takes back higher fatality count in Serendra: Only 3 dead, not 6, as agency earlier reported

The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council on Saturday morning corrected its own report that six people died as a result of the blast that hit Serendra on Friday, revising its report back to list three fatalaties.

The NDRRMC early Saturday had raised the casualty count from the explosion that rocked the Serendra residential development in Bonifacio Global City, doubling the fatalities list, and raising the number of injured to five. Within an hour of posting its report, however, the NDRRMC took back its statement.

The NDRRMC had said, wrongly, that the dead included three unidentified males in Unit 501 of Two Serendra, from where the blast emanated.

In fact, only three passengers of an Abenson delivery van that was crushed by debris from the explosion, remained the only fatalities.

Five passengers of a Hyundai Starex van, including a nine-year-old girl, were also injured by debris from the blast and brought to the nearby St. Lukes Medical Center within Bonifacio Global City.

Authorities continue to explore all possible angles as to what caused the explosion. DILG Secretary Mar Roxas said it was too early to say whether the blast was caused by a bombing, a gas leak, or some sort of combustion.

Ayala Land Inc., developer of Serendra, said it was fully cooperating with fire and police investigators.

source: interaksyon.com