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1 dead, hurt as church balcony collapses

February 15, 2024

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The Philippine Star

An 80-year-old woman died while 45 others were injured when the second-floor balcony of a church in San Jose del Monte City, Bulacan collapsed yesterday.

- EMMANUEL TUPAS

1 dead, hurt as church balcony collapses

The victims were attending the mass for Ash Wednesday at the St. Peter the Apostle Parish Church in Barangay Tungkong Mangga when the incident happened at around 7:30 a.m.

The Bulacan police, in a report, said the wooden balcony at the right side of the church collapsed. “There was one fatality, an 80-year-old female,” Philippine National Police public information officer Col. Jean Fajardo told a news briefing at Camp Crame.

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