Overview
- A towering garbage mound collapsed Thursday at the privately run Binaliw facility in Cebu City, crushing offices and a sorting warehouse.
- Officials have confirmed four deaths, about three dozen people still unaccounted for, and 12 workers rescued and hospitalized.
- Rescue teams reported signs of life and are expanding careful excavation, with a 50-ton crane en route under police escort.
- Operations are constrained by unstable debris and flammable gases, prompting tighter safety perimeters and limits on sparking equipment.
- The cause remains under investigation, with officials noting the sudden failure in fair weather and evaluating possible ground instability from recent typhoons or a September earthquake.