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Garbage could trigger Philippines blast
Manila, Aug 1, 2006 A Philippines official on Tuesday warned that more than 100,000 people living on a paved-over Manila dumpsite were at risk of a possible methane blast due to the garbage rotting under their homes. Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Angelo Reyes said experts had warned him that huge amounts of methane trapped in the site could explode if triggered, destroying lives and property. He said some 30,000 families or roughly 150,000 people lived in tenement housing built on the site. "What is most important is the welfare of the people," he said in a statement. "We have to tell the people of these new developments. We could not sit here and allow them to have cancer or just die suddenly in a methane explosion," he said. Reyes said the government had erred when it built the 21 medium-rise tenement housing blocks after shutting the dump, known as Smokey Mountain, near Manila's dockyards in 1990. The error should be corrected immediately and not allowed to endanger people, Reyes said. Smokey Mountain got its name from the heavy clouds of methane that rose above it when it was used as a garbage dump. It became a tourist draw and a symbol of the sprawling poverty in the Philippines. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Dirt, rocks and all the stuff we stand on firmly
Third tropical storm of 2006 brews near Leeward Islands
Miami, Aug 1, 2006 The third tropical storm of the 2006 hurricane season, Chris, formed Tuesday in the Atlantic near the Leeward Islands, the National Hurricane Center said. |
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