ILOILO CITY, March 21 -- The Iloilo City Fire Station has received a PHP18 million chemical fire truck, the first of its kind here, to boost its capability to extinguish fires from flammable chemicals.

"Our city is a growing city and we have a lot of hazardous chemicals. We have gasoline and highly flammable chemicals so it can help when fire of such kind is involved," said Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) Iloilo City Fire Marshal Chief Inspector Vincie Jojo Aldeguer in an interview on Tuesday.

The fire truck that was inaugurated and commissioned on Monday is part of the procurement of the BFP national headquarters and Iloilo City is one of the recipients, Aldeguer added.

It has a capacity of 1,000 gallons and can carry chemicals that p...