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200 cars destroyed in fire at Batangas industrial park

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Dennis Datu

ABS-CBN News

<p><strong></strong>TANAUAN — Around 200 brand-new cars were destroyed in a massive fire that hit an industrial park in Barangay Pagaspas, Tanauan City, Batangas, on Sunday afternoon, Governor Hermilando Mandanas said.</p><p>The blaze broke out at around 1:19 p.m. in the stockyard of a food manufacturing company, according to the Bureau of Fire Protection-Tanauan City.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/regions/2025/4/6/tv-patrol-sunog-sumiklab-sa-industrial-park-sa-tanauan-city-1850">TV PATROL: Sunog sumiklab sa industrial park sa Tanauan City</a></div><p>Piles of spent bleaching earth or SBE chemicals in the stockyard could be the source of the fire, said F/Sr.Supt. Dennis Molo, Batangas provincial fire marshal.</p><p>SBE, a flammable and hazardous chemical, is a by-product of edible oil during the refining process, Molo said. </p><p>&quot;Flammable siya, [kapag] na-expose siya sa heat kusang nag-inite,&quot; he said. </p><p>From the stockyard, the flames reached the open space of a logistics company, where brand-new cars were parked waiting for their scheduled delivery to several dealership outlets.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/3/12/fire-razes-40-houses-in-barangay-bf-homes-para-aque-0055">Fire razes 40 houses in Barangay BF Homes, Parañaque</a></div><p>Mandanas said more than 1,000 cars were parked in the open space and 200 caught fire.</p><p>&quot;Mayroon silang dumpyard noong mga scrap na mga drums na may natitirang mga chemicals, &#x27;yun ang nagliyab siguro sa init ng panahon,&quot; he said.</p><p>&quot;From there naabot &#x27;yung warehouse pero maganda &#x27;yung warehouse dahil mayroong fire system na &#x27;yung tubig kaagad pinatay [&#x27;yung apoy] kaya halos walang damage sa loob ng warehouse.&quot;</p><p>No injuries were reported from the fire that reached the third alarm.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO: </strong><br/><br/><strong><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pKkbXhiojbY?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong></div>

<p> Around 200 brand-new cars were destroyed in a massive fire that hit an industrial park in Barangay Pagaspas, Tanauan City, Batangas, on Sunday afternoon, Governor Hermilando Mandanas said.</p>

Around 200 brand-new cars were destroyed in a massive fire that hit an industrial park in Barangay Pagaspas, Tanauan City, Batangas, on Sunday afternoon, Governor Hermilando Mandanas said.