19 feared trapped after building collapse in Philippines

An unfinished nine-storey building collapsed near Manila early on Sunday, with 19 workers feared trapped

⁠Under-construction building collapses in Philippines, trapping workers

Nineteen people are feared trapped after a building under construction near Manila collapsed early on Sunday, a local government official said. Officials in Angeles City, around 80km (50 miles) north of the Philippine capital, said they had received a report at about 3am that an unfinished nine-storey concrete building had given way. City information officer Jay Pelayo said that the building’s walls and scaffolding had buckled, likely trapping people in a pile of debris. While there were no...

By Agence France-Presse

Dozens feared trapped in Philippines after nine-storey building collapses

Dozens feared trapped after building collapses in Philippines

Around 30 to 40 people ⁠are feared trapped after a nine-story building under construction collapsed in Angeles City, north of the Philippine capital, a city official said Sunday.

Nine-storey building under construction collapses in the Philippines, 19 feared trapped

Officials said the building's walls and scaffolding had buckled, likely trapping people in a pile of debris.

Workers trapped as building under construction collapses in Angeles City

Authorities have yet to determine the exact number of people trapped, but search and rescue operations are still ongoing

By Rappler.com

BFP: Rescuers detect signs of life beneath collapsed building in Angeles

ANGELES CITY, Pampanga — Rescuers detected possible signs of life beneath the rubble of the collapsed nine-story building in Barangay Balibago, according to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP). Fire Chief Superintendent Wilberto Rico Neil Kwan Tiu, officer-in-charge of the BFP, told reporters that initial operations detected three possible survivors, including a foreign guest staying

By mmercado

At least 26 pulled from rubble after building collapse in Pampanga

Earlier reports said that at 3 a.m. on Sunday, May 24, at least 30 to 40 people were trapped in the construction of the nine-story hotel at Brgy. Balibago, Angeles City, Pampanga.

By Ian Laqui