{"id":267304,"date":"2020-09-01T22:44:35","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T02:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=267304"},"modified":"2020-09-01T22:44:35","modified_gmt":"2020-09-02T02:44:35","slug":"2-filipinos-killed-in-abu-dhabi-restaurant-blast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/09\/01\/2-filipinos-killed-in-abu-dhabi-restaurant-blast\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Filipinos killed in Abu Dhabi restaurant blast"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script async=\"1\" defer=\"1\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v8.0\" nonce=\"eZf33hsZ\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dfaphl\/posts\/1725799540908206?__cft__[0]=AZWV62kY6PZl9U-1pd2BDzlrOXMf8njqeP_lCTIV4hMsnFGCVh2dPFhnV-O6DJ1ts8R2nooE5L3S-mids1N8yL7Ov2maQDTTm7ILGvwwDsFCDd7-E-TT_4bYT7JReRBOJUjyYl2f8q_HJXM6OK6jWsjG4ZrWZ0GXDbHklUat-rn8rg&amp;__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R\" data-width=\"750\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dfaphl\/posts\/1725799540908206\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<p>#DFAStatement On the Explosion in Abu Dhabi: https:\/\/bit.ly\/3hUwBEoIt is with deep sadness that the Department of&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dfaphl\/\">Department of Foreign Affairs, Republic of the Philippines<\/a> on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dfaphl\/posts\/1725799540908206\">Tuesday, September 1, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Two Filipinos have died from the gas explosion at a restaurant in the United Arab Emirates&#8217; (UAE) capital Abu Dhabi, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the DFA said the Philippine embassy in the UAE is also working with authorities on getting details about some Filipinos who were injured and brought to a hospital.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ambassador Hjayceelyn Quintana has reached out to the families of the deceased to express condolences and to give assurance that they will be provided all necessary assistance,&#8221; the statement read.<\/p>\n<p>The explosion that hit KFC and Hardee\u2019s restaurants occurred along Rashid bin Saeed Street, a main road to the airport, on Monday morning, causing minor and moderate injuries to several others, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>In a tweet, the Abu Dhabi Government Media Office said the blast was caused by a &#8220;misalignment in the gas container fittings following refueling.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Following the explosion, the Filipino community in Abu Dhabi was advised to remain safe and be mindful of security and safety protocols.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#DFAStatement On the Explosion in Abu Dhabi: https:\/\/bit.ly\/3hUwBEoIt is with deep sadness that the Department of&#8230; Posted by Department of &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":191219,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-267304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267304"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":267305,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267304\/revisions\/267305"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/191219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}