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Irish Independent Newsdesk
Fri 9 Jan 2026 at 07:43
A huge mound of garbage collapsed in a waste segregation facility in a central Philippine city, killing one person and leaving at least 38 others missing, police said on Friday.
Police, firefighters and disaster-mitigation personnel retrieved 13 people, including workers at the facility, who were trapped on Thursday afternoon in the avalanche of garbage and debris at the landfill in the village of Binaliw in Cebu city, police said.
One of those rescued, a female worker at the landfill, died while being brought to a hospital, regional police director Brigadier General Roderick Maranan said.
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News in 90 Seconds, Friday January 9