2 inmates escape Quezon City Jail during MMDA's predawn shake drill

Two prisoners escaped the Quezon City Jail while the MMDA-led predawn earthquake drill was being conducted on Saturday morning, the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology said.

Dalawang preso, pumuga sa Quezon City Jail kasabay ng Shake Drill. #SuperBalitaSaTanghali https://t.co/Jl7zdrja0g

— DZBB Super Radyo (@dzbb) July 27, 2019

Isa Avendaño-Umali in a report on Super Radyo dzBB identified the fugitives as Mamerto Valenzuela and Dennis Valdez.

BJMP spokesman JC Major Xavier Solda said Valenzuela has a rape case, while Valdez was involved in illegal drugs.

Jail officers noticed the two inmates were missing at 4 a.m., at the time the Metro Manila Shake Drill was being conducted.

An investigation into the escape is underway, jail authorities said.

Earlier after the escape, jail officers were quoted as saying they heard what seemed to be smashing sounds coming from the drainage canal of the city jail, which the fugitives supposedly used as their escape route. —Jamil Santos/LBG, GMA News