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Quake leaves 84 hurt in CAR, Ilocos Region, says NDRRMC

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At least 84 people were confirmed injured in the 6.4 magnitude earthquake that shook Abra and adjacent provinces on Tuesday, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC).

There were no reports of death or missing person, the agency said. Twelve of the casualties were reported from Ilocos Region and 72 from the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR).

The NDRRMC also said that 44,447 families or 147,378 individuals residing in 334 barangays in the three north Luzon regions were affected by the earthquake.

Twenty families sought shelter in three evacuation centers, while the rest have either returned home, or staying with relatives and friends.=

The NDRRMC also said a total of 4,684 were partially damaged while 14 others were totally destroyed by the tremors.

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Damage to infrastructure was estimated at P81.9 million.

Meanwhile, Office of Civil Defense (OCD) administrator Undersecretary Raymundo Ferrer extended condolences to the families of the two Army soldiers of the 24th Infantry Battalion who were killed in ambush by New People’s Army (NPA) at Barangay Gacab, Malibcong, Abra on Thursday.

The fatalities troops were part of a disaster response team deployed to assist the quake victims in Abra when attacked by the communist rebels.

“The OCD is terribly saddened by this attack of the Communist Terrorist Group on our soldiers during the humanitarian assistance and disaster response operations in Abra. Remember, our soldiers were not there as combatants but as relief workers, extending the aid of the government to disaster-stricken communities,” Ferrer said in a message posted on the OCD Facebook page on Thursday night.

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