No Filipinos were reported to have been injured,” said DMW Secretary Hans Leo J. Cacdac.
THE Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) has instructed its migrant office in Jeddah to monitor the progress of the search and rescue operations following a building collapse in Saudi Arabia on Friday, May 31.
As of Sunday, June 2, the DMW reported that there was no Filipino casualty in the building collapse in central Jeddah.
“Our Migrant Workers Office in Jeddah visited the incident site and several nearby hospitals to check for any Filipinos taken there for treatment. No Filipinos were reported to have been injured,” said DMW Secretary Hans Leo J. Cacdac.
Local media reports at least eight people have been rescued from the collapsed structure.
Cacdac said the MWO-Jeddah assured him that it will continue monitoring the situation and staying in touch with the Jeddah police, medical, and emergency services agencies to ensure the safety of Filipinos.
“MWO-Jeddah will provide updates to the DMW Central Office as necessary,” said Cacdac.
The accident damaged 13 apartments across 5 floors in the Al-Faisaliah district in central Jeddah. Rescue efforts to pull out trapped individuals continued until early Friday morning.
According to preliminary information, maintenance work inside the building’s basement caused the collapse, Al-Arabiya.net reported. According to a statement from the General Directorate of Civil Defense in Jeddah, the collapse occurred in a building in the Al-Faisaliah district, and several people were rescued.
The neighborhood is densely populated with rental apartment buildings, home to both foreign nationals and Saudi citizens. The area is considered a semi-popular neighborhood in the Jeddah governorate.
