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Or HaChaim on Genesis 19:13/אור החיים על בראשית י״ט:י״ג

אכִּי מַשְׁחִיתִים וְגוֹ׳. הֲגַם שֶׁאֵין מַשְׁחִית אֶלָּא אֶחָד, לְצַד שֶׁהָיוּ שְׁנֵיהֶם יַחַד הָיוּ אוֹמְרִים לְשׁוֹן רַבִּים, שֶׁלֹּא יִהְיֶה נִרְאֶה כִּי מַה שֶׁלְּפָנָיו אֵינוֹ אֶלָּא שַׁמָּשׁ בְּעָלְמָא.
1 כי משחיתים אנחנו את המקום הזה. "For we are about to destroy this place." Although only one of them had been entrusted with that task, the angels used the plural seeing that they were both together. Otherwise the other angel would have appeared as if he was only an assistant.
באוֹ אֶפְשָׁר שֶׁעַל גַּבְרִיאֵל הוּא אוֹמֵר הוּא וּצְבָאוֹ, אוֹ לְצַד שֶׁאֵין גַּבְרִיאֵל יָכוֹל לַעֲשׂוֹת דָּבָר עַד שֶׁיּוֹצִיא רְפָאֵל אֶת לוֹט, הֲרֵי שֶׁגַּם רְפָאֵל גּוֹרֵם רָעָה לִסְדוֹם וְאֵין בְּדָבָר זֶה שְׁתֵּי שְׁלִיחוּיוֹת.
2Possibly, whenever the Torah speaks of the (avenging) angel Gabriel it is understood that the reference is not only to him personally, but includes his army. Alternatively, since Gabriel was not free to act until the angel Raphael had secured Lot's escape their activities were dependent on one another.