6 cheat death as LPG-fed taxi explodes

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6 cheat death as LPG-fed taxi explodes
By Jerry Botial and Pete Laude
Tuesday, November 4, 2008

A taxi driver and his five passengers managed to scamper out of a taxi running on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) after the vehicle caught fire while cruising MacArthur Highway in Valenzuela City Sunday night.
No one was injured in the fire.

Chief Inspector Danilo Bugay, Station Investigation and Detective Management Bureau chief, said a Bombase taxi (TWE-773) driven by Michael John Pascual caught fire due to faulty air-conditioner wiring.

The taxi, with five unnamed passengers bound for Meycauayan, Bulacan, was engulfed in flames minutes after the passengers got out of the vehicle.

Police Officer 3 John Espiritu told The STAR the incident occurred at 9:06 p.m. in front of a Flying V gas station near the Valenzuela city hall.

Pascual attempted to put out the fire with water from a nearby carwash but failed. The vehicle exploded when flames reached the LPG tank .

Senior Fire Officer 2 Melchor Gonzales, on the other hand, said a leak in the LPG tank caused the fire. The driver and passengers, alerted by the smell of the leaking fuel, got out of the vehicle before it exploded.

Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board chief Thompson Lantion said they “will conduct an investigation on the case to determine if the taxi is not a colorum (vehicle) because LPG-fed taxis undergo strict quality control.”

He said only authorized LPG installers accredited by the Department of Trade and Industry may legally convert gasoline-fueled engines into LPG-fed versions. – With Perseus Echeminada

[XTO]

katakot yan :cyclopes:....minsan kasi kahit maayos ang pagkaka install, kinakalikot ng mga nagmamarunong ng drivers para tumipid in other words "sinasakal"

magbabayad ka na ng mahal sa taxi masusunog ka pa ng buhay. mabuti nakaligtas sila at di nalitson.

[[archie]]

katakot yan :cyclopes:....minsan kasi kahit maayos ang pagkaka install, kinakalikot ng mga nagmamarunong ng drivers para tumipid in other words "sinasakal"

agree! lagi na lang ako may nakikitang taxi kinakalikot yung LPG tank sa mga kanto kanto. kala mo expert sila. haha :bwahaha:

[XTO]

same observation, para silang may binubuksang kaha de yero sa likod. ikot dito - ikot doon. kaya singaw dito - singaw doon rin ang inaabot :idea:

[Horsepower]

Diesel is the safest fuel we have here. LPG is the most volatile, next is Gasoline.

[niky]

Doesn't explain why buses and L300s catch fire all the time...

It'd be interesting to know what kind of conversion it was. Because modern LPG tanks have a fail-safe system designed to vent the LPG in case of a fire, producing a steady, controlled burn. Either the tank had a faulty valve, or it was the same type as tricycles use... a cooking tank without the safety-release valve.

[ghosthunter]

The news article points out that the cause of the fire was NOT the auto-lpg system. Also the claimed explosion means the auto-lpg tank system used was not the typical system with built-in over-pressure safety valve which controls the overpressure event to prevent the tank from exploding.

[badbadtz.carlo]

yep, i bet it's an oldie na kinalikot ng driver..
SA from nissan demonstrated to me how safe the LPG tank is, when they were asking me if i'd want to convert..

kahit anong dami pa nyang explanations, ayoko.. takot akong masunog.. new car pa man, din..

katakot to.. madalas ren kami sumakay taxi na LPG powered pag walang oto..
hay.. pray na lang siguro..

[technismo]

kakatakot yan ha.. buti nakalabas sila dun.. pano kung hindi pinansin ng driver yun malamang patay sila

[ghosthunter]

kakatakot yan ha.. may napanood nga ako sa tv tricycle naman lpg din kaso gamit nya yung gasul na pangluto.. naka lagay lng sa likod ng sidecar.. delikado yun..

That is the kind of LPG conversion the government wants to avoid by making sure people convert their vehicles in approved conversion shops.

Backyard conversions are also done in India which have similar effects on safety as well.