1 dead, 11 injured in Bacolod poultry farm fire
Published Mar 6, 2023 03:00 pm
BACOLOD CITY – A 26-year-old poultry farm worker died while 11 others were injured in a fire that hit Ta-ala Farms Inc. in Purok Kasilingan, Barangay Mansilingan here on Saturday, March 4.
FIREMEN put out a fire in a poultry farm in Barangay Mansilingan, Bacolod City on Saturday, March 4. (Photo courtesy of Amity Volunteer Fire Brigade)
Chief Insp. Rodel Legaspi, head of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Bacolod, identified the fatality as Johnrel Esparagoza, 26.
Most of the injured sustained minor burns while others had spinal injury, dislocation, and laceration, the BFP said.
Legaspi said the fire broke out around 1:16 p.m. at the storage facility of the poultry farm which also served as barracks of the workers.
Legaspi said that some of the injured victims jumped from the window on the upper floor while others used the stairs to escape the burning facility.
However, Esparagoza was trapped in the facility after he was lost finding the stairs, Legaspi said. He added that it was too late for him to go down because the fire was already big and had spread to the other parts of the facility, particularly the roof made of plastic.
His body was found near the stairs after the mopping-up operation, Legaspi said.
Damage to property was estimated at P2.6 million. Fire out was declared after almost an hour.
Arson investigators have yet to determine the cause of the fire.
FIREMEN put out a fire in a poultry farm in Barangay Mansilingan, Bacolod City on Saturday, March 4. (Photo courtesy of Amity Volunteer Fire Brigade)
Chief Insp. Rodel Legaspi, head of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Bacolod, identified the fatality as Johnrel Esparagoza, 26.
Most of the injured sustained minor burns while others had spinal injury, dislocation, and laceration, the BFP said.
Legaspi said the fire broke out around 1:16 p.m. at the storage facility of the poultry farm which also served as barracks of the workers.
Legaspi said that some of the injured victims jumped from the window on the upper floor while others used the stairs to escape the burning facility.
However, Esparagoza was trapped in the facility after he was lost finding the stairs, Legaspi said. He added that it was too late for him to go down because the fire was already big and had spread to the other parts of the facility, particularly the roof made of plastic.
His body was found near the stairs after the mopping-up operation, Legaspi said.
Damage to property was estimated at P2.6 million. Fire out was declared after almost an hour.
Arson investigators have yet to determine the cause of the fire.