Army chief Lieutenant General Romeo Brawner Jr. bares a military plan to move only Camp Evangelista's ammunition storage facilities away from Cagayan de Oro's urban center.
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines – The chairman of the trade and commerce committee of Cagayan de Oro’s city council called on the Army to pursue plans to immediately transfer Camp Edilberto Evangelista’s ammunition complex elsewhere if relocating Mindanao’s largest military camp would not be possible at this time.
Goking is the same official who earlier asked military officials to seriously consider transferring the Army camp to another area following the fire that destroyed an ammunition depot of the 4th ID past midnight on Tuesday, July 12.in Cagayan de Oro as it triggered a series of explosions and sent huge fireballs into the sky. The explosions were so powerful they were heard and shook the ground even in an adjacent town in Misamis Oriental.
Although the ammunition complex was still within global military standards, Brawner agreed that it was quite dangerous to have it in the middle of the city. Councilor Romeo Calizo, a retired Army general and former 4th ID chief of staff, rejected the proposal to transfer the ammunition complex.