Ayala Land Official Statement Regarding Glorietta 2 Incident
Until recently, most of our efforts have been focused in assisting the victims and securing the safety of our premises and patrons.
Separately, our technical team recently began compiling relevant information and gave us an initial report last night.
In as much as the PNP has yet to give a final report on the Glorietta 2 incident and is still in the process of sifting through data, we would like to inform you that we have given the PNP additional technical information that we deem would be helpful to them in their investigation, particularly with respect to the basement area which has been their recent focus.
This information is as follows :
GLORIETTA 2 BASEMENT
- Basement dimensions: 178 sqm floor area; approx. ceiling height: 2.28m
- Diesel fuel tank: Last used in June during last power outage; capacity: approx. 14,000 liters; estimated content on day of incident: 6,000 liters; the flash point of diesel contained is 72 degrees Celsius and auto ignition temperature is 220 degrees Celsius. There are no maintenance reports or observations by maintenance personnel of any aberrations to the diesel tank.
- Fuel transfer pump: transfers diesel fuel from storage tank at basement 2 to day tank at the roof deck.
- Ventilation: basement is ventilated by air entering the approx. 2.4m x 2.4m opening at stairwell connected to delivery bay area
- Ambient room temperature: estimated range from 28 to 30 degrees Celsius
- Grease trap: separates grease from wastewater entering the sump pit; maintained daily for one hour together with cleaning of basement.
- Sump pits (there are two types of sump pit):
- Kitchen sump pit (approx .1.5m x 1.5m x 2m): Wastewater from kitchens of five restaurants in Glorietta 2 enters the sump pit. The grease trap separates the grease from the wastewater (grease is extracted daily, every morning). A pump in kitchen sump pit pumps out wastewater to the main city sewer line automatically (there is a standby sump pump).
- Waste sump pit (approx. 1.5m x 1.5m x 2m): Wastewater from toilets in a portion of Glorietta 2 is dumped into sump pit (21 water closets; 20 lavatories; 8 urinals). Due to the nature of customer use of toilets in restaurants, waste is seldom solid and mostly liquid (per our sewage expert opinion approx. 98% liquid). Wastewater enters sump pit and is pumped out to street sewer by a sump pump (there is a standby sump pump). Therefore, there is constant flow of mainly liquid wastewater from the toilets into the sump pit and on to the city sewer. Wastewater entering the sump pit stays in the sump pit for less than 24 hours. The usual decomposition process brought about by large amounts of solid matter in house septic tanks does not occur in this commercial sump pit.
To further support the PNP, we have offered to make our foreign and local technical experts available to the PNP should they deem it helpful to them. This is a very sad and tragic event for our country, and we are all interested in helping the authorities establish the facts and bring the matter to conclusion so that the country can move forward.
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