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‘No more proof of life’ at collapsed Pampanga mart: police

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Michael Joe Delizo, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/news/04/23/20190423-earthquake-chuzon-porac-vc-0003.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>Rescue workers continue search and rescue efforts at the Chuzon Supermarket in Porac, Pampanga on April 23, 2019. The mart collapsed Monday following the 6.1-magnitude quake that shook parts of Luzon. Val Cuenca, ABS-CBN News</figcaption></figure></div><p>PORAC, PAMPANGA -- Authorities on Wednesday said there is &quot;no more proof of life&quot; under the rubble of Chuzon supermarket here, which collapsed due to Monday&#x27;s 6.1-magnitude earthquake that shook parts of Luzon. </p><p>Police Col. Jean Salvador Fajardo, provincial director of the Pampanga Police Provincial Office‬, said rescuers searched for signs of life via machines and K-9 dogs and did not detect anybody, except for the leg of a woman <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/23/19/babae-nagpaputol-ng-paa-para-mailabas-sa-gumuhong-gusali">amputated </a>while she was being rescued Monday night‬. </p><p>The mart&#x27;s 92 employees have all been accounted for. Two of them were among the 5 killed in the collapse. </p><p>No one is looking for lost relatives, Fajardo added.</p><p>&quot;Based on our rescuers, wala na tayong tao sa loob either patay o buhay po (there is no one left under the rubble, either dead or alive),&quot; she noted.</p><p>Still, authorities are not shifting the search and rescue operations to retrieval efforts with hopes that “there&#x27;s still a possibility” that the dogs and machine had made a mistake in finding no more signs of life in the rubble.</p><p>Personnel of the Department of Public Works and Highways started their clearing operations ‪Wednesday afternoon‬, and retrieval operations may start on Friday.</p><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/100007394942820/videos/2338847069705102?sfns=mo" data-width="auto"> </div>

<p>PORAC, PAMPANGA -- Authorities on Wednesday said there is "no more proof of life" under the rubble of Chuzon supermarket here, which collapsed due to Monday's 6.1-magnitude earthquake that shook parts of Luzon. </p>

PORAC, PAMPANGA -- Authorities on Wednesday said there is "no more proof of life" under the rubble of Chuzon supermarket here, which collapsed due to Monday's 6.1-magnitude earthquake that shook parts of Luzon.

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‘No more proof of life’ at collapsed Pampanga mart: police

Michael Joe Delizo,

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Published Apr 24, 2019 04:19 PM PHT

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Updated Apr 25, 2019 08:27 AM PHT

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