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3 die, 2000 evacuated due to fumes in Batangas
At least three workers were killed while three others were hospitalized and some 2,000 residents evacuated due to a chemical leak from a barge docked at a wharf in Batangas. Batangas provincial police Chief Senior Superintendent Albert Supapo said the leak occurred at about 4:30 p.m. Tuesday while the barge was docked in Sta. Maria village in Bauan town. âNagre-repair sila sa barge, nagkaroon ng leak (The workers were repairing the barge when the leak happened)," Supapo said in an interview on dzBB radio early Wednesday. According to him, those who died from suffocation were not immediately identified, even as three others were rushed to a nearby hospital.
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