00:00The Office of Civil Defense, Central Visayas, was called to force the evacuation of the residents
00:07following the eruption of Volcano Canlaon.
00:10Details in the words of Robinson Cabardo of the Philippine Information Agency in Central Visayas.
00:20The Office of Civil Defense, Central Visayas, was called to force the evacuation of the residents
00:26following the eruption of Volcano Canlaon in Canlaon City, Negros Oriental.
00:31According to OCD-7 Regional Director Jowel Herestain,
00:34the residents within a 6-meter radius from the mouth of Mount Canlaon should be evacuated immediately.
00:41Herestain also said that they requested additional assistance from the 302nd Brigade of the Philippine Army
00:47in Negros Oriental to assist in the evacuation of the affected residents.
00:53Two Philippine Coast Guard ships were dispatched to provide logistical assistance to the affected residents
00:59according to PCG Commandant Rony Gaban.
01:02Meanwhile, Canlaon City Mayor Jose Chabasco Cardenas called the families of the affected residents
01:08around Mount Canlaon who were evacuated due to the alert level 3
01:12raised in these areas by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology of PHBOCS.
01:18He also asked his relatives to wear face masks or cover their mouths to protect themselves
01:25from the toxic gases released by the continuous eruption of Mount Canlaon.
01:30The Mayor also said that the magmatic eruption brings more gas than the periodic eruption.
01:37PHBOCS reported that the eruption of 303 yesterday
01:42caused a thick cloud with a height of 3 kilometers.
01:46According to PHBOCS, the pyroclastic density currents or PDCs
01:51came down from the cliffs in the southern part of the volcano.
01:57From the Philippine Information Agency, Central Visayas,
02:00Robinson Cabardo for the nation.
02:04Thank you very much, Robinson Cabardo of the Philippine Information Agency, Central Visayas.
