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Rescuers clawed through the wreckage of a collapsed Philippines building on Sunday which left 23 people missing, with authorities saying that screams were heard from under the rubble.
Two of those feared trapped were communicating with rescuers on Sunday, said an official in Angeles City, about 80km (50 miles) north of Manila.
City information officer Jay Pelayo said the nine-storey building’s walls and scaffolding buckled, likely trapping people in a pile of debris.
“Our rescuers are doing their best to pull the survivors out of the rubble,” he said.
Rescuers conducting an initial assessment “heard someone crying out in pain” from under the rubble, said Maria Leah Sajili, the Bureau of Fire Protection’s regional spokesperson.
The building had been under construction for over two years.

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority General Manager Nicolas Torre said rescue equipment and police dogs were sent to the scene.
“We also deployed life monitors, listening devices and also our rescue spreaders to help the rescuers since many debris need to be cut and lifted to locate people,” he said.
The number rescued in the collapse of the building, including those in the vicinity, rose to 26, officials said.
The collapse also heavily damaged an adjacent hotel, where two of those 26 had been staying.
Local delivery rider James Bernardo, 30, said he had just dropped off food on the same street when the disaster occurred.

“A few seconds later there was suddenly a loud noise in the area, and when I looked, I realised that [the building] had already collapsed,” Bernardo said. “Thank God I’m safe.”
It was unclear exactly how many were still ‌feared trapped, with a site engineer saying 19 people had been working at the site, Pelayo said.
“We are ‌trying ‌to determine whether all 19 were there.”
He had told DZBB radio ‌that 30 to 40 people were feared trapped, based on information from a ⁠site foreman who was among those who escaped.
It was not immediately clear what caused ⁠the collapse, but the city engineer was reviewing the construction history, Pelayo said, adding that moving the concrete debris was a challenge for rescuers.
Images ‌shared by DZBB showed ‌the building reduced to a heap of concrete and twisted metal, covered in green netting.
Additional reporting by Agence France-Presse


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The nine-storey building’s walls and scaffolding buckled, trapping workers in a pile of debris


The nine-storey building’s walls and scaffolding buckled, trapping workers in a pile of debris.


⁠Under-construction Philippines building collapses, 23 people missing

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