Wall collapses at Bulacan construction site, 11 confirmed dead

(Updated 10:53 p.m.) Eleven people were confirmed dead and six others were injured when a wall of a warehouse building being constructed in Brgy. Ilang-ilang, Guiguinto, Bulacan collapsed Monday afternoon.

According a Super Radyo dzBB report, the casualties include a pregnant woman. 

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A "24 Oras" report aired Monday evening, put the fatality count at six people confirmed dead but also said rescuers were still looking for workers who may have been trapped in the rubble.

Authorities have yet to determine who owns the construction site, and who the contractor for the project is. 

In the meantime, initial findings suggest the steel used for the wall was substandard, prompting the Bulacan provincial government to launch an investigation that will begin on Tuesday.
 

According to an earlier report by GMA Radio DZBB stringer Rommel Ramos, a portion of the wall of the unfinished warehouse building collapsed at around 4 p.m., although the "24 Oras" report said the wall collapsed at around 3 p.m.

The report said six others were injured and were already brought to Bulacan Provincial Hospital. Two of the injured were in critical condition, including a 17-year-old boy.

 

Ramos reported that the identities of the casualties were still being verified by authorities, but most of them were construction workers.

 

The report said authorities suspect that there were about 30 construction workers trapped in the rubble. —Elizabeth Marcelo/NB/JDS, GMA News