Danger not over for villagers in Philippines
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April 25, 2011, Monday
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PHILIPPINE officials discovered a dangerous crack yesterday in a mountain hit by a deadly landslide last week and want troops to force dozens of illegal gold miners to leave before another disaster strikes their remote southern village.
Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Ramon Paje said he and other officials discovered the 70-meter-long fissure on a mountain slope above Kingking village during an aerial survey. A portion of the slope along the crack collapsed after a downpour on Friday and buried shanties, bunkhouses and tents below, leaving at least five dead and 17 missing.
Soldiers, police and fellow miners resumed a search for the missing yesterday amid sagging hopes that any more survivors could be pulled out from about 30 meters of mud, rocks and debris, officials said.
All the missing have been identified, but it's possible there were unreported transient miners who were entombed, provincial police chief Senior Superintendent Aaron Aquino said. About 13 people have been rescued from the muck since Friday.
Paje said he would look at evacuating gold miners from the village in Pantukan, about 930 kilometers southeast of Manila.
Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Ramon Paje said he and other officials discovered the 70-meter-long fissure on a mountain slope above Kingking village during an aerial survey. A portion of the slope along the crack collapsed after a downpour on Friday and buried shanties, bunkhouses and tents below, leaving at least five dead and 17 missing.
Soldiers, police and fellow miners resumed a search for the missing yesterday amid sagging hopes that any more survivors could be pulled out from about 30 meters of mud, rocks and debris, officials said.
All the missing have been identified, but it's possible there were unreported transient miners who were entombed, provincial police chief Senior Superintendent Aaron Aquino said. About 13 people have been rescued from the muck since Friday.
Paje said he would look at evacuating gold miners from the village in Pantukan, about 930 kilometers southeast of Manila.
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