{"id":17145,"date":"2025-10-23T13:48:54","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T05:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/?p=17145"},"modified":"2025-10-23T13:48:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T05:48:54","slug":"bulacan-fireworks-factory-blast-leaves-2-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/2025\/10\/23\/bulacan-fireworks-factory-blast-leaves-2-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"BULACAN FIREWORKS FACTORY BLAST LEAVES 2 DEAD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BY KEVIN GALANG<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>AN explosion followed by a fire that razed an illegal fireworks factory on Wednesday left two men dead in Bgy. Partida, Norzagaray, Bulacan.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The names of the victims were being verified by the authorities.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In a report to Police Regional Office 3 (PRO3) director Brig. Gen. Ponce Rogelio <\/strong><strong>Pe\u00f1ones<\/strong><strong> Jr., the Bulacan police said the blast occurred around 11 a.m.\u00a0Wednesday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Responding personnel from the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) and local rescue teams immediately rushed to the site and put out the fire.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>When the area was cleared, responders discovered two male bodies among the debris.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Initial investigation indicated that the factory was operating without the necessary permits and was considered illegal.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Police theorized that the explosion originated from volatile chemicals and materials used in the manufacture of fireworks.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The BFP, in coordination with the Bulacan Provincial Forensic Unit (BPFU), is conducting a thorough investigation to determine the cause of the explosion and identify the victims.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scene of the Crime Operatives (SOCO) have also been deployed to gather evidence at the blast site.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Authorities reminded the public of the dangers of operating or patronizing unlicensed fireworks manufacturers, stressing that safety regulations are in place to prevent such deadly incidents.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY KEVIN GALANG &nbsp; AN explosion followed by a fire that razed an illegal fireworks factory on Wednesday left two men dead in Bgy. Partida,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17147,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17145"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17145"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17148,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17145\/revisions\/17148"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}