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This \u200bbrings the estimated number of trapped victims to 23 as of today,&#8221; Maria Leah Sajili, information officer at the regional Bureau of Fire Protection, told a press briefing.<\/div>\n<div>At the site of the collapsed multi-storey building \u200bunder construction in the city of Angeles, north of the capital Manila, rescuers were seen \u200bclambering over a mound of concrete slabs and mangled steel, covered in green netting, searching for \u200csurvivors.<\/div>\n<div>The \u2060number of rescued, including those in the vicinity, remained at 24, with no deaths reported, Sajili said.<\/div>\n<div>Among the rescued was a 51-year-old Malaysian national who was staying in a nearby budget hotel, which was damaged when the concrete structure collapsed, Jay Pelayo, the Angeles city \u200binformation officer, told Reuters \u200bin a phone \u2060interview.<\/div>\n<div>He had earlier told DZBB radio that 30 to 40 people were feared trapped, based on information from a site foreman who was among \u200bthose who escaped.<\/div>\n<div>Officials said the cause of the collapse is \u200bunder investigation, \u2060but records showed the building was intended as a nine-storey condo-hotel under the approved permit, but a 10th floor for a pool was being constructed.<\/div>\n<div>Ambulances were on standby, and fire \u2060trucks had \u200bbeen deployed to assist in the rescue, Pelayo \u200bsaid, adding that moving the concrete debris was a challenge for rescuers.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=64\">At least 24 killed in Pakistan train blast claimed by separatist militants<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=62\">Russia says it hit Ukraine with hypersonic and ballistic missiles, state news agencies report<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=60\">Exclusive: Ukraine\u2019s Zelenskiy says proposal of associate EU membership \u2018unfair\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 20 people are trapped under the rubble of a building under construction in the Philippines that collapsed on Sunday, officials said, as rescue \u200befforts continued.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":65,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4],"class_list":["post-66","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-asia-pacific"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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