Overview
- Authorities now report 11 confirmed fatalities and 25 people unaccounted for, though an earlier city tally listed eight deaths and 28 missing.
- Eighteen survivors are hospitalized with injuries, according to Cebu City officials.
- Search teams remain in rescue mode after life-detection equipment supplied by Apex Mining indicated possible signs of life.
- Operations proceed cautiously because gas emissions, unstable garbage and interconnected metal structures pose fire and collapse risks.
- Environmental regulators suspended site operations and issued a cease-and-desist to operator Prime Integrated Waste Solutions as probes look at mound height and prolonged rainfall.