Search and rescue teams look for people following a landslide at the landfill in Barangay Binaliw, Cebu City on Jan 9, 2026. - Photo: AFP
CEBU CITY, (Philippines): Two more bodies were recovered at the collapsed Binaliw landfill early Sunday (Jan 11), bringing the death toll to six, a local official said.
Cebu City Councilor Dave Tumulak, chairperson of the Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, confirmed that the bodies of two women were retrieved at 1am and 6am.
Rescuers had to battle heavy rain, hazardous debris and the risk of methane gas when they continued search operations at the landfill on Saturday night.
At least 30 more people have been reported missing while 12 were injured in the collapsed landfill.
Structural and environmental factors are being cited as initial causes of the tragedy. - Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN
