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UNSAFE SLOPE A view of the sanitary landfill in Barangay New Carmen, Davao City, where a massive waste mound collapsed on Wednesday, May 20, triggering a trash slide that left one dead, two injured and two missing. —SCREENGRAB FROM RMN-DXDC VIDEO
DAVAO CITY — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) on Friday said it is considering the suspension of a sanitary landfill in Barangay New Carmen here, which collapsed on Wednesday, burying one person, injuring two, and leaving two others missing.
In a statement, the DENR called on the city government to “accelerate stabilization measures at the site,” where a mountain of trash slid past 1 p.m. on Wednesday following days of rain that also submerged parts of the downtown area.
As of Friday, search and rescue teams from the Bureau of Fire Protection, 911 Urban Search and Rescue, the City Engineer’s Office (CEO), and barangay responders were deployed, but their efforts were hampered by unstable ground conditions.
