At least one person was injured while a number of major roads at the Cordillera Administrative Region were unpassable as a result of the 7.3 magnitude quake that hit most of areas in Luzon on Wednesday morning, July 27.
Police Capt. Marnie Abellanida, spokesperson of the Police Regional Office-Cordillera Administrative Region, said as of 10:30 a.m., they received report of an injured person in the province of Ifugao.
“We are still consolidating reports on the effects of the earthquake from our personnel on the ground. Our Regional Director, PRO-COR (Police Brig. Gen. Ronald Lee), has already instructed police commanders to help the affected residents through their respective local government units,” Abellanida told the Manila Bulletin in a phone interview.
“So far, we are already receiving reports of a number of roads in Ifugao, Benguet and Mountain Province which are currently not passable due to rockslides,” he added.
Among them are the Andres Acop Cosalan Road particulary at Poblacion, Bokod in Benguet and the Tinoc-Bugiuas Road and Tinoc-Kiangan Road in Ifugao.
“We are encouraging motorists to coordinate first with the local police stations in order to give them information as to what roads are not passable,” said Abellanida.
In Abra, police personnel assisted in the transfer of patients at the Abra Provincial Hospital.
“Tents and temporary facilities are now also being set up for the patients evacuated from inside the hospital,” a police report read.
Abellanida said that based on the initial assessment on the ground, there were no reported damages in all police stations and facilities in the region.