The City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO has instructed workers to reach out to the families of the victims of collapsed Malamba Bridge to extend assistance.
CSWDO head Julie P. Dayaday, in a statement Tuesday, said that she already instructed the CSWDO Marilog District head to reach out to the families of the victims.
“We provide psychological first aid and assess the need of the survivors and the family left behind,” Dayaday said on what possible services they would offer.
The City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office said as of 2:35 pm Tuesday, five dead persons have been retrieved while two injured victims are admitted at the Southern Philippine Medical Center (SPMC). Four individuals were unscathed during the search and rescue conducted by CDRRMO-Central 911 and other operatives.
The emergency operations ended at 12:23 pm on Tuesday.
It was 3:54 pm on July 24, 2023, that the CDRRMO-911 received a report about the collapsed Bailey Bridge. The said bridge is a City Government Project under the CEO.
Meanwhile, the City Engineer’s Office said on Tuesday, July 25, 2023, that it has started an investigation into the collapse of the Malamba Bailey Bridge in Marilog District.
CEO District 3 Head Daniel P. Dumandan Jr. told the City Information Office that a team from the CEO had visited the collapsed bridge in Sitio Kibakak in Barangay Malamba, also on Tuesday.
“Pag-adto nato didto kay dili pa namo ma confirm kung unsa gyud ang cause, amo pang gipa-retrieve ang bridge panel para mahibal-an unsa gyud ang cause. (We made a site visit but we cannot yet confirm what the cause was, we are in the process of retrieving the bridge panels to know what caused [the collapse]),” Dumandan said.
Dumandan said that since the depth of the area where the bridge fell was 26 meters, they have required the contractor to retrieve the debris to evaluate them.
“Gipa-prio namo nga masaka to (We ask them to prioritize the lifting of the panels). According to the workers, it will take two to four days to retrieve the bailey panels.. it will take days because they have to cut it into four (4) sections and it cannot be done at once),” he said.
He added that they will call a meeting with the contractor to discuss the incident and the cause of the collapse.
Dumandan said that they have assigned a registered Civil Engineer to monitor the progress of the construction. CIO
