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ALIAGA, Nueva Ecija – Police are still looking into a fire incident involving a heavy equipment owned by a Chinese firm involved in the construction of the multi-billion Central Luzon Link Expressway (CLLEX) in Barangay Bucot here at around 5 a.m. Monday (Aug. 19).

But Police Major Marlon Cudal, town police chief, said they initially found the case as a “fire incident” that may have been caused by “mechanical or electrical problem.”

He said the fire on the backhoe owned by Qingdao Municipal Construction company was discovered by security guard Sherwin Lagasca.

Cudal noted that Lagasca, who was some 300 meters away from the backhoe, “saw no one went to the place before the fire broke out.”

The equipment was also under repair, he said.

Some observers, however, said the equipment would not just burn considering it was diesel-fueled and not working when the fire broke.

The Chinese firm is undertaking a ten-kilometer package of the CLLEx, spanning from this town to Cabanatuan City.

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