MetroBriefs

QC roadworks set this weekend

The Department of Public Works and Highways will conduct road reblocking activities from 10 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday on the following major thoroughfares in Quezon City: Fairview Avenue from Camaro Street to Marlboro Street (southbound); Mindanao Avenue from Road 8 to North Avenue (first lane, southbound); Araneta Avenue from Calamba Street to Quezon Avenue (southbound); Carlos P. Garcia Avenue from D. Castañeda Street to Velasquez Street (northbound); Quirino Highway from Camachile Street to Teachers’ Bliss (northbound); Batasan Road from the Civil Service Commission area to the DSWD (eastbound); Congressional Avenue from the Edsa to Hereford Street, and from Sinagtala to Mindanao Avenue (eastbound); Congressional Avenue Extension from Luzon Avenue to Mira Nila Subdivision (westbound); and Aurora Boulevard from G. Baldovino Street to C-3 and Gregorio Araneta Avenue (westbound). Jerry E. Esplanada

BGC building fire sends 13 to hospital

At least 13 people were hospitalized for injuries and breathing difficulties after a fire broke out Thursday inside a 31-story building under construction at Bonifacio Global City in Taguig City. The fire started around 9:50 a.m. in a temporary storage room on Basement 3 of One World Place on 32nd Avenue, said Chief Insp. Junito Maslang of the Taguig City Fire Department. The injured persons were all construction workers who sustained bruises and suffered respiratory problems as they escaped. More than 500 people then working in different sections of the building were evacuated as smoke filled the interior. The cause of the fire, which was declared out at 1:10 p.m., remained under investigation. Kristine Felisse Mangunay