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4 dead, 6 missing after landslide hits copper mine site in Toledo City

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/news/12/22/20201222-toledo-landslide.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption><em>Photo courtesy: Toledo City Public Information Office</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA<strong> (UPDATE) </strong>– Four were confirmed dead while 6 others are missing as of Tuesday afternoon, a day after a landslide occurred at a copper mining site in Toledo City, Cebu.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/22/20/landslide-hits-mining-site-in-toledo-cebu">Landslide hits mining site in Toledo, Cebu</a></li></ul><p>In a statement Tuesday, Carmen Copper Corporation (CCC) said four bodies were recovered in their mine operations site following a landslide.</p><p>&quot;[T]he Company solemnly regrets to inform that this incident has claimed four lives. The Company continues its efforts to locate six more persons missing,&quot; said CCC.</p><p>The CCC earlier said the landslide happened around 4:15 p.m. Monday due to rainshowers which have occurred in the area over the past months. </p><p>It was exacerbated by Tropical Depression Vicky, which struck parts of the Visayas and Mindanao over the weekend, they added.</p><p>The company said they have suspended all activities in the mining operations area as the rescue operations continue. </p><p>Mines and Geosciences Bureau-Region 7 Regional Director Armand Malicse also ordered CCC to immediately suspend the mining operations at the Carmen Pit following the recent incident.</p><p>CCC is an operating mine of Atlas Consolidated Mining Development Corporation (ACMDC) based in Toledo.</p><div><strong>- with reports from DX Lapid and Annie Perez</strong></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jVqBR2P0X2U?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>Four were confirmed dead while 6 others are missing as of Tuesday afternoon, a day after a landslide occurred at a copper mining site in Toledo City, Cebu.</p>

Four were confirmed dead while 6 others are missing as of Tuesday afternoon, a day after a landslide occurred at a copper mining site in Toledo City, Cebu.