Ammonia leak in Navotas
Fumes from ice plant immediately contained, no casualties reported
FOR the fourth time in two years, an ammonia leak was reported Saturday evening from the Magsimpan Ice Plant and Cold Storage in Navotas City.
But this time, Navotas police investigator P/Cpl. Dandy Sargento said no one was reported hospitalized or died after the leaked toxic fumes was immediately contained.
Sargento said the ice plant had ceased its operation since April 05, 2022 when the City Government of Navotas ordered its closure following the death of one of its employee who suffered a heart attack while some 15 individuals who were all residents of North Bay Boulevard were hospitalized due to difficulty of breathing caused by ammonia leak.
In his report to Navotas police chief P/Col. Dexter Ollating, Sargento said that at around 9 p.m. on Saturday, Roey Ganzo, officer-in-charge of Manintenance Department of Magsimpam Ice Plant sought the assistance of Navotas police mobile car when he and other employees who were cleaning the remaining liquid sludge smelled the unpleasant odor of ammonia inside the ice plant.
Personnel of Navotas Sub-Station 4, along with the Navotas Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) led by F/Insp. Gabriel Trinidad and BFP Ambulance responded to the area and immediately contained the ammonia leak.
Sargento said Navotas BFP duty investigator SFO Junie Bert Mendoza is still conducting further investigation to determine the cause of the leak despite the closure order issued by the local government.
