MANILA, Nov 8, 2007 (AFP) - A house stocked with explosives blew up near the the Philippines capital Manila Thursday, killing at least three people, police said.
The house was apparently being used to illegally manufacture explosives probably meant for industrial use, Superintendent Antonio Yara, police chief of Bacoor town south of Manila, said.
The blast ripped up the house in a residential area of Bacoor and hurled one of the three fatalities across the street, Yara said over local radio. The remains of two other people were recovered in the wreckage of the house.
None of the three have been identified, he added.