Negligence and recklessness may have caused the explosion in a power barge afternoon of July 3, 2020, which resulted in an oil spill that affected Iloilo City, Guimaras Island, and the town of Dumangas, Iloilo so far. “It’s negligence … recklessness,” Senior Superintendent Jerry Candido, Bureau of Fire Protection-6 regional director, said. Based on BFP investigation, the explosion happened in Tank No. 1 of Power Barge 102, which is operated by Ayala-owned AC Energy Philippines.

Rendon, J. P., Angelo, F. A. L., & Marzan, J. B. A. (2020, June 6). Negligence, recklessness led to blast. Daily Guardian, pp. 1, 11.