Serendra Car Explosion Near Our Office on High Street!
Bang! The office shook. It was like thunder.. very strong thunder. We all looked up and wondered what that was. Outside the sky is bluer than blue and there is not a cloud in the sky.
We peer outside the window and see guards running towards Serendra. Something is up.
Judd rushes down with his camera. I follow shortly after and see people walking towards the direction of where the sound came from. There was an explosion.
Details:
12:00 noon, 15 December 2001 (today)
Serendra, right in front of Fullybooked
A car exploded while entering the Serendra carpark. There was a person inside who perished in the explosion. Can’t distinguish if its a man or woman. They should find out very soon.
(update) We now know that the car is an old Hondo Civic with plate number TNM 865. It belongs to Remegio Ang, one of the owners of a Serendra condo unit. This is according to Jorge Marco, head of corporate communications of Ayala Land.
Was the explosion a bomb? Was it an accident? Was it terrorism? I have no idea. It would be very scary to think it was a bomb. If it were an accident, that was one strong explosion for a mere accident.
No adjacent buildings were damaged but I heard someone got injured.
Please see the picture below (c/o my colleague Judd)
Guards rush to the scene with extinguishers.
There is a person inside.
Everyone seemed a bit scared and confused. Sales ladies stepped out of stores, restaurant patrons left their tables to see what caused the sound, cars were being rerouted, and there were sirens coming from different directions.
Scary points:
1) We walk by that area practically everyday to go to Market Market for lunch.
2) The car was entering the basement parking of Serendra. If it exploded inside the car park, the damage would’ve been bad. It would’ve caused a bigger explosion due to the proximity of nearby cars. Worse, it is located underneath condominiums.
3) It had to happen at lunch, when everyone goes out to eat. You have families that go to this area to dine.
(update) Here are some videos after the explosion
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Hey, when did this happen?
Today 15 Dec… it happened right about lunch time.
paputok gone bad? it is that time of the year.
hehe. what if? It did smell like gun powder out there. Maybe someone bought too many dragon fireworks.
Sounds like he spilled a cheap, low boiling point thinner inside a closed car. Just like sticks of dynamite in the right fuel-air mix.
Well, allegedly, paint thinner is the culprit. I don’t know how possible that is. I’m not a chemist. Can paint thinner actually combust like that? That was a strong blast. Dynamite and gun powder work differently. Oh well.
Poor man. He perished in such a bad way….
Was it an accident, was he murdered or is there an act of terrorism in it?
The press release was… the car had paint thinner in the back seat and that the driver was smoking. The embers of the cigarette and the fumes from the paint thinner caused the accident. At least that’s what they said.