Philippine Rescuers Search for 23 After 9-Story Angeles Building Collapse
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Updated · Reuters · May 24
Philippine Rescuers Search for 23 After 9-Story Angeles Building Collapse
15 articles · Updated · Reuters · May 24
23 people were estimated trapped after a nine-story building under construction collapsed in Angeles City, with five confirmed under the rubble and two still in contact with rescuers.
24 people were rescued or escaped, officials said, and no deaths had been reported; a 51-year-old Malaysian staying in a nearby budget hotel was among those hurt when the collapse damaged the hotel.
Concrete slabs and twisted steel have slowed the operation, with ambulances and fire trucks deployed as crews searched the debris for survivors.
Officials are still investigating the cause, but records show the project was permitted as a nine-story condo-hotel while a 10th-floor pool level was being built.
With rescuers hearing voices from the rubble, can the 21 trapped workers be saved in time?
Was it the storm that felled the tower, or a disaster built on a foundation of negligence?