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<div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1783896886571Screen Shot 2026-07-13 at 6.53.47 AM.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has ordered an immediate technical assessment of Culiat Bridge II on Congressional Avenue in Barangay Bahay Toro, Quezon City, following a massive weekend fire beneath the structure.<em> Courtesy: DPWH </em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has ordered an immediate technical assessment of Culiat Bridge II on Congressional Avenue in Barangay Bahay Toro, Quezon City, following a massive weekend fire beneath the structure.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/7/12/46-bahay-sa-ilalim-ng-culiat-bridge-ii-sa-qc-natupok-sa-sunog-0826">46 bahay sa ilalim ng Culiat Bridge II sa QC, natupok sa sunog</a></div><p>The bridge remains temporarily closed to guarantee public safety, heavily disrupting the flow of traffic along the busy Congressional Avenue corridor.</p><p>To expedite the reopening, Public Works Secretary Dizon announced that the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is conducting joint clearing operations with the Quezon City government.</p><p>The DPWH will implement temporary repairs on the buckled and raised portions of the bridge&#x27;s asphalt while a technical team conducts a comprehensive study on the structure&#x27;s full rehabilitation.</p><p>The structural threat follows a fourth-alarm blaze on Saturday night, July 11, which originated from a one-story home and destroyed 46 houses built by an informal settler community underneath the bridge. </p><p>The fire left dozens of families homeless before it was completely extinguished at 11:26 p.m.</p><p>According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the blaze broke out around 9:49 p.m. and rapidly escalated. </p><p>BFP Quezon City Station 1 Commander Fire Senior Inspector Rodrigo Delos Santos explained that the high alarm was intentionally raised because the bridge is a vital infrastructure installation.</p><p>While no civilian casualties were reported from the incident, one responding firefighter suffered breathing difficulties. A total of 37 fire trucks and four ambulances responded to the scene.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><div><strong><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Bf3lIyrKkr8?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong><br/></div>

<p>The bridge remains temporarily closed to guarantee public safety, heavily disrupting the flow of traffic along the busy Congressional Avenue corridor.</p>

The bridge remains temporarily closed to guarantee public safety, heavily disrupting the flow of traffic along the busy Congressional Avenue corridor.

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Marcos orders DPWH check on fire-damaged QC bridge as closure snarls traffic

Jonathan Magistrado,

ABS-CBN News

Published July 13, 2026 06:58 AM PHT

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