PAMPANGA, Philippines: Rescuers clawed through the wreckage of a collapsed Philippine building on Sunday which left 23 people missing, with authorities saying that screams were heard from under the rubble.
The nine-story building, under construction for more than two years, collapsed on itself Sunday at around 3:00 am (1900 GMT Saturday) in Angeles City, about 80 kilometers (50 miles) north of Manila.
The collapse also heavily damaged an adjacent hotel, where two of the 26 people who were rescued had been staying, officials said.
Rescuers conducting the initial assessment “heard someone crying out in pain” from under the rubble, Maria Leah Sajili, the Bureau of Fire Protection regional spokesperson, told reporters.
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority General Manager Nicolas Torre told AFP they were sending rescue equipment and police dogs to aid the rescue.
