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MANILA, Philippines—Five people were confirmed dead while five others remain buried following a landslide at the Semirara coal mine in Antique a little before midnight Wednesday, police said Thursday.
Senior Inspector Rico Andaza, Caluya police chief, said rescue operations led by Semirara Mining Corp. are still on going as of posting for five more miners who were buried under the collapsed mining pit in Barangay (village) Semirara in Caluya, Antique around 11:55 p.m.
National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council identified four of the fatalities as Leovigildo Porras, Abner Lim, Joven Hocate and Efren Equiza.
Andaza identified the latest confirmed fatality as Anthony Siblet.
NDRRMC identified the remaining victims still buried under roughly 30 meters of soil as Georgie Bragat, Jan Riel Planca, Randy Tamparong, Richard Padernilla and Junjie Gomez
Meanwhile, Western Visayas Regional Director, Chief Superintendent Agrimero Cruz Jr., identified the rescued miners as Marjun Catoto, Adrian Celmar and Lenardo Sojor.
Reports had it that the 13 miners were taking a break when the incident happened.
“The management is in the process of determining the cause of the accident in coordination with relevant government authorities. Meanwhile, it has stopped operations to ensure the safety of all its personnel,” George San Pedro, Semirara Mining Corp. resident manager said in a statement, adding that the company is to extend full support to the families of affected personnel.
Superintendent Marloe Marfil, Antique provincial director-officer-in-charge, said the rescue operation is being conducted only by workers of the mining company after the area was declared as a danger zone.
For his part, Interior Secretary Manuel Roxas II said he has ordered local officials in the area to activate their disaster risk and management councils in a bid to provide necessary assistance to the ongoing rescue operations.
Roxas said he has coordinated with the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines in efforts to find available helicopters that can be used to airlift rescued miners to the nearest hospitals. source
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