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Death toll in Itogon landslide rises to 39 before noon Saturday


Another seven bodies were pulled out from the landslide area in Itogon town before noon Saturday, bringing the death toll in the tragedy to 39.

According to a report by Mark Makalalad on Super Radyo dzBB, the additional seven bodies were found as the retrieval operation continued early this Saturday.

 

At the close of the retrieval operation on Friday night, the death toll was at 32, as the search, rescue, and retrieval operations on the massive landslide entered its sixth day.

Officials supervising the operations said that 90 people would take shifts with 30 at a time at ground zero. Heavy equipment, including four backhoes, have also arrived at the area.

Some of the workers are still hopeful that more survivors would be found. —LBG/KG, GMA News

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