00:01Rescue workers and backhoes continued digging through mountains of rubbish in central Philippines on Saturday,
00:07searching for survivors beneath a towering heap of garbage that buried dozens of landfill workers, killing at least six.
00:15The disaster struck on Thursday at the privately operated Benalu Landfill in Cebu City,
00:20when a massive wall of refuse, estimated by a city councilor to be as high as a 20-story building, collapsed onto workers below.
00:28About 50 sanitation workers were believed to have been caught in the collapse.
00:34Rescue teams face constant danger as the unstable waste continues to shift, raising fears of further cave-ins.
00:42Despite the risks, crews have been working around the clock in a race against time.
00:47Cebu City Councilor Dave Tumulak, chairman of the city's Disaster Council, said two more bodies were recovered on Saturday, bringing the death toll to six.
00:56Thirty-two workers remain unaccounted for.
01:00To support the search, 20 trucks fitted with hydraulic cranes and specialized cutting equipment have been deployed,
01:06allowing rescuers to crawl through narrow gaps blocked by debris.
01:11So far, 12 workers have been pulled out alive and taken to hospital for treatment.
01:15At the edge of the landfill, anxious family members waited for updates on their loved ones.
01:21Among them was Jeremy Espinoza, whose husband remains missing.
01:25According to its operator, Prime Integrated Waste Solutions,
01:41the Banaliu landfill processes about 1,000 tons of municipal solid waste each day.
01:55In order to increase the
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