Overview
- Officials reported seven confirmed dead, at least 29 still missing, and 12 workers rescued and hospitalized since Thursday’s collapse at the Binaliw landfill.
- Rescuers have worked around the clock with heavy machinery, but operations repeatedly pause because the trash mountain keeps shifting and rain has increased instability.
- Twenty trucks with hydraulic cranes and cutting tools were deployed to clear large metal obstructions that have blocked access to trapped workers.
- A fire official said specialized radar no longer detects heartbeats below the debris, and authorities expect the operation to transition from rescue to recovery as early as Monday.
- Drone images and local officials indicated the slide crushed administrative buildings and staff housing at the facility, which serves as Cebu’s lone waste provider.