The death toll rose to four Monday in the collapse of a building under construction near the Philippine capital, with more than a dozen people still believed missing, authorities said.Two workers pinned beneath the wreckage were found alive after the nine-story structure gave way Sunday, hitting a nearby hotel and killing a Malaysian guest.
But the two workers trapped at the site in Angeles, which is north of the capital Manila, died despite rescue efforts.
"The first of the two was pulled out alive, but unfortunately, his body gave out and he did not survive. Doctors could not resuscitate him," regional fire bureau spokeswoman Maria Leah Sajili told AFP.
"The other one suffered a cardiac arrest around 3:00 a.m. [on Sunday]. Doctors could not attend to him as he was still pinned down," she added.
Crews pulled another corpse from the rubble on Monday, but it was not immediately clear if the unidentified body belonged to a person listed among the missing, rescuers said in an updated toll.
