Rescuers search for more than 20 trapped after Philippines building collapse
Rescue crews have pulled 24 people from the rubble as officials investigate the cause and search for others feared trapped.
- An unfinished nine-storey building collapsed early Sunday in Angeles City, Pampanga province, with at least 20 people feared trapped in the rubble.
- Located about 80 kilometers north of Metro Manila, the site experienced structural failure when building walls and scaffolding buckled, trapping occupants in debris.
- More than 100 police and government personnel are scrambling to rescue those believed trapped; City information officer Jay Pelayo said, "There are big chunks of concrete," noting equipment challenges.
- Initial reports suggested 24 people were rescued from the rubble while 22 workers escaped; Pelayo added that interviews to identify survivors remain ongoing.
- Officials have not yet determined the cause of the collapse as rescuers continue working through debris to locate the 19 personnel who remain missing.
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Philippines ends rescue operation for 12 missing in building collapse
Emergency officials said late on Monday they had ended a two-day rescue operation for at least 12 people believed buried in the debris of a collapsed building in the northern Philippines.
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Photos show the aftermath of a building collapse in the Philippines
Rescuers searched the rubble Monday of a nine-story hotel that collapsed while being construction in a northern Philippine city. The building collapsed before dawn on Sunday in Angeles City in Pampanga Province.
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Building collapse in Angeles City: Rescuers search for 20 missing
ANGELES CITY, Philippines — Rescuers were racing on Sunday to free two workers pinned under a building that collapsed in the northern Philippines, killing a Malaysian man and leaving 20 people missing. The search for survivors continued as night fell, with firemen shining small lights into the rubble for signs of life. Twenty-six people have been rescued so far after the nine-storey building collapsed in Angeles City, 80 kilometres (50 miles) no…
At least 1 dead, 21 missing in Philippine building collapse | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
ANGELES, Philippines >> At least one person was confirmed dead after a building under construction collapsed in the Philippines on Sunday, authorities said, as rescuers scoured the rubble for 21 people listed as missing.
A building under construction near Manila has collapsed. One man died in the accident, 26 people were rescued, and 20 people are still missing 14 hours after the accident. The cause of the accident is not yet known.
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