The City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) of Lapu-Lapu City said that the victims were dining at the Bagumbayan Food Park, which opened just a few hours before the incident happened. CDNDigital
MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — At least nine persons were injured when the roof of a newly opened food park located in Sitio Bagumbayan 2 in Barangay Maribago, Lapu-Lapu City collapsed during the heavy downpour at about 9 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 5.
In a report, Nagiel Bañacia, head of the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office of Lapu-Lapu City, said that the victims were dining at the Mactan Lifestyle Park, which opened just a few hours before the incident happened.“They sustained head contusions, minor bruises, and abrasions in their arms and neck part of their bodies, were immediately brought to nearby hospitals by the personnel of Maribago Rescue and Lapu-Lapu City Rescue,” Bañacia said.
Quoting the initial investigation of the Lapu-Lapu City Rescue, he said that the middle part of the roof of the food park, which was made of steel and plastic sheets, collapsed after it accumulated a considerable amount of rainwater.“It appeared that there was a problem in the structure of the roof.
Personnel from the Lapu-Lapu City Fire District, Barangay Maribago Fire Volunteers and Maribago disaster team, Lapu-Lapu City Police Office, and personnel from Philippine Red Cross rushed to the accident site to help the victims. | With Futch Anthony Inso
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