Overview
- Officials said roughly 50 waste workers were buried when a mountain of rubbish crashed down on Thursday at the privately run Binaliw site in Cebu.
- Authorities updated the toll to at least six dead with 32 still unaccounted for, and at least 12 employees were found alive and hospitalized.
- Search teams report the dump occasionally shifts, forcing pauses for safety, and two newly located bodies remain trapped beneath a heavy steel beam.
- The facility, operated by Prime Integrated Waste Solutions, handles about 1,000 tonnes of municipal waste daily, with offices and staff quarters struck by the slide.
- Local officials cited recent typhoons, an earthquake and frequent heavy rains as factors that can destabilize the 20‑storey‑high waste pile, though the cause remains undetermined.