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2 workers missing after construction site collapse in Santa Rosa, Laguna

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Lyza Aquino

ABS-CBN News

<p>(UPDATED) Two construction workers were buried when a part of a building being constructed collapsed in Barangay Sto. Domingo in Santa Rosa, Laguna on Sunday morning.</p><p> According to Police Lieutenant Colonel Benson Pimentel, chief of police of Sta. Rosa Laguna, the two workers are aged 29 and 42.</p><p> They were retrieved by combined units of the police and the Sta. Rosa City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office around 4 p.m.</p><p> The victims, who were unconscious, were rushed to the hospital.</p><p> Police said the two were pouring concrete on the second floor of the building when the scaffolding where the two were standing collapsed. This led to the floor caving in.</p><p> &quot;Nagcollapse po yung scafolding na pinagtutungtungan ng dalawang trabahador, nagbubuhos kasi sila noon, tapos &#x27;yun din po yung nagcollapse at kasama sila sa bumagsak. Hindi pa natin masabing (patay) dinala namin sa ospital para doctor ang mag-declare. Sa part po ng kapulisan on going ang investigation,” Pimentel said.</p><p> Santa Rosa Mayor Arlene Arcillas also rushed to the site.</p><p> ABS-CBN News has sought comment from the management of the construction firm and of the building being constructed. </p><div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rT-yrPVFLdE??si=Mw3Z_RyWamAXLbzo&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>Police said the two were pouring concrete on the second floor of the building when it collapsed.</p>

Police said the two were pouring concrete on the second floor of the building when it collapsed.

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2 missing workers found after construction site collapse in Santa Rosa, Laguna

Lyza Aquino,

ABS-CBN News

Published April 13, 2025 04:05 PM PHT

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Updated April 13, 2025 07:29 PM PHT

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