Death toll in building collapse rises to 6

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ANGELES CITY—Nearly a week after a nine-story building collapsed into a mass of concrete and twisted steel in Barangay Balibago here, the death toll climbed to six on Friday, but a faint signal beneath the rubble gave exhausted responders and grieving families something they have been desperately holding on to—hope.

Authorities said rescue radar equipment detected four moving entities beneath the debris at 2:50 p.m., prompting responders to focus operations on the identified sector in hopes that survivors may still be trapped inside the collapsed structure.

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Earlier in the day, responders from the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) and the Baguio City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office reportedly heard knocking sounds coming from beneath the rubble in Sector 1 of the incident area.