Roxas: Ayala Land not liable for Serendra blast so far
June 10, 2013 | 11:31am
MANILA, Philippines - No liability could be pointed out so far to Ayala Land on the deadly blast that rocked a unit at Two Serendra condominium building in Taguig City, Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas said on Monday.
Though the probable cause of the the explosion has already been revealed, Roxas said they have no indications as of now, of who is at fault on the incident.
"We basically don't know and the whole point of the investigation is to find out what exactly happened so we will know and then we can say, well, who's at fault --if there is anybody at fault-- or was this an accident?" Roxas said in a television interview on Monday.
He added that the investigation on the incident does not end in determining the cause of the explosion.
"Was the design faulty? If the design was correct, [then] was the initial construction faulty? If that was correct, [then] was the maintenance faulty?" Roxas asked.
"All of these things have to be investigated and we have to look at the facts to find out what exactly happened here so we can institute the reforms," he added.
Earlier speculations surfaced and claimed that the renovation of the exploded condo unit also contributed to the incident. But Marianne Cayton-Castillo, owner of Unit 501-B, had dispelled such theories.
On Friday, Roxas revealed that the explosion on May 31 was "most likely" caused by a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).
He said that based on the findings of concerned agencies including the Department of Science and Technology, the Serendra blast is "consistent with" the characteristics of a gas explosion.
Ayala Land, which had claimed that the centralized LPG pipeline in Serendra is safe, had already shut down the distribution systems in the posh condo buildings.
The explosion ripped a big slab of concrete wall from the condominium building and sent it crashing onto a closed delivery van passing by, instantly killing its driver and two others.
Five other people were injured including the exploded unit's tenant, 63-year old Angelito San Juan, who is still confined at the intensive care unit of the St Luke's Medical Center at the Bonifacio Global City.
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