ISTANBUL, Jan 14 (Bernama-Anadolu) -- The Philippines will observe a day of mourning on Friday as the death toll from a landfill collapse has risen to 13, with 23 people still missing, media reports said on Wednesday, Anadolu Ajansi reported.
The Cebu City Council declared Jan 16 a day of mourning for the victims of the Binaliw landfill landslide and approved a motion declaring a state of calamity for the city, according to the ABS-CBN news outlet.
“This is a solemn recognition of the tragic landslide incident that occurred in Barangay Binaliw, which claimed lives and caused immeasurable grief,” said Councillor Jun Alcover.
Search operations entered a seventh day on Wednesday and were still ongoing for 23 workers believed to be trapped under the debris.
The accident occurred on Thursday at a privately operated landfill facility in Cebu City in the Central Visayas region, where workers were on site at the time.
Rescue teams continue to use heavy machinery and manual digging as hopes of locating survivors ebb.
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