Bldg along CM Recto Gumuho!

[RedHorse]

4:30 pm today

5 yr-old 8-storey bldg, gumuho

patay, bagsak real state prices sa lugar na yan

[baiskee]

Divisoria tower collapses;
no reported injuries
Posted: 5:33 PM (Manila Time) | Jul. 23, 2004
By Tarra Quismundo
Inquirer News Service

(4TH UPDATE) AN eight-story building in the busy Divisoria commercial district collapsed just before 5 p.m. on Friday, hours after it started tilting on its right side.

There were no reported injuries as of 5:02 p.m.



The Sai Building at 659 Padre Rada Street near Juan Luna Street started leaning around 10:30 a.m. after witnesses said they heard a loud sound, akin to that made by an exploding power transformer.

When it collapsed, the building hit a part of the adjacent Italy Marketing Building before falling on Juan Luna Street.

Manila Mayor Jose L. Atienza Jr. arrived at the scene before 4 p.m. Less than an hour later, the building rumbled and collapsed.

Atienza ordered the police to secure the fallen building to protect the money inside the vault of Insular Bank, located on the building's ground floor.

Police cordoned off the area from the corner of Claro M. Recto Avenue, a block away.

The five-year-old building and those beside it were ordered vacated. A Jollibee branch and a bakery were among the first establishments to close down.

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, the National Disaster Coordinating Council, the Manila City Government, and the Department of Public Works and Highways were called in to help secure the area.

Authorities had to drive away curious people several times.

Harry Wong, an engineer-friend of the building's owner, Ajit Mansukhani, said the building's foundation might have been weakened because of the construction of two adjacent buildings, one on its left side and the other in front of it.

When the building started tilting, authorities asked construction workers to halt their work.

Sai Building housed residential and office units and a textile warehouse. (Originally posted 1:33 PM, updated 4:53 PM, 5:07 PM, and 5:19 PM)

[Ungas]

Inaabangan na talaga ng ABS news crew. Kuhang-kuha nila yung pag guho. Wala na raw nakatira dun.

[hens]

Padre Rada Street?? ito ba yung nasa tabi lang ng ilog?

[Ungas]

Alam ko Mesic St. yung tabi ng ilog di ba?

[5Speed]

hmmm interesting.....

dapat imbistegahan yan....it should not happen that way for a 5 yr old bldg....

[odell]

sayang naman un buildings...

tska diba may permit dapat toh na matibay or something

[pajerotrance]

tsk tsk tsk... how bad it is to hear something like this..
good thing is, nobody got hurt...

[kiper]

Meron 2 building under construction sa both sides ng gumuhong building..baka dahil sa paghuhukay nito lumambot ung pang-ilalim na foundation kaya bumagsak. Naramdaman ng guwardya ung pag-galaw ng building since nag-start ung construction. Pero kung sub-standard ung design and materials na ginamit sa nasirang building..lam niyo na may kasalanan.

[wowiesy]

lang tong bldg na to where i stay! hehe..

nung umaga eh napansin ko nga naka lean na yung bldg.. altho i was in bulakan sa planta when it came crashing down....

[odell]

baka d nadin kinayanan ng lupa sa tabi tabi na buildings

[badkuk]

nung unang tingin ko, kala ko pics from the mild earthquake sa Northern Luzon. nagtaka tuloy ako, pagkasabi sa news e mahina lang ung quake

it will take months daw before the rubble is cleared?

[stinkaboy]

saw it on tv, mabuti na lg walang nasaktan but the bldg fronting it napinsala talga...tsk tsk

[flakez]

pinakita ba sa tv ung pagbagsak mismo ng bldg?

[johnart]

yup every step from falling then hitting the opposite bldg then breaking up

[odell]

wala bang prevention magagawa dun.. parang alam na ng media na babagsak na un e

[ross]

madaming facts dyan kung bakit gumuho puede rin sabihing they are after sa insurance kaya nangyari ang pagguho bakit ko naman nasabi ito dahil po sa busy street or place like that! walang nasaktan or natalsikan ng buhangin or bato? wow imposible talaga kung hindi pinalano iyan.Well opinion ko lang po kc i reminds meon what happen sa isang Bldg. sa Makati nasunog around 10pm. Ang dahilan? faulty line ng kuryente at ang nasunog lang ay 2nd floor but ang tsismis gusto lang dagdagan ng floor ang building and at the same month patapos napo ang insurance so para masulit gumawa ng drama para pakinabangan ang insurance ng Bldg.

[Ungas]

MAtagal nang alam ng mga tennants yan, kaya pinaalis na muna sila. Siguro may nakapagsabi sa isang ABS reporter namay tilting building sa Divisoria kaya tinutukan nila ng pansin. At around 10:00AM daw naguumpisa nang mag tilt yung building, kaya diverted na ang traffic flow at pinaalis ang mga tao sa paligid.

[mbt]

sabi nung pinsan kong volunteer emergency worker na nung umaga palang nung nag-tilt na yung building, pinlano na nilang pasabugin yung building in a controlled demolition, para walang madadamay na ibang building (WTC tower style na pagbagsak).

pero wala daw kagamitan... hehe

[odell]

kawawa naman tayo lage na lang walang kagamitan...