MANILA: Rescuers raced against time on Sunday to find dozens of people still missing after a deadly landfill collapse in the central Philippines.
A huge mound of garbage at the 15-hectare Binaliw open landfill in Cebu City collapsed suddenly on Thursday afternoon, burying more than 100 workers and nearby structures and underneath.
The Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office told Arab News that as of Sunday, at least six people were dead, while 30 remained under the debris.
Only light equipment was brought to the site, and rescuers were combing through the high piles of decomposing waste manually.
“The recovery operations are ongoing. Heavy equipment cannot yet be brought into the area because the site is still unstable, and moving any structure or beam could cause the garbage mound to collapse again,” the agency said.
