By DPA,
Manila: Ten miners were killed and three remained trapped in landslides in the northern Philippines, a provincial police chief said Saturday.
The victims were at a gold mining camp in the outskirts of the northern resort city of Baguio, when the landslides struck Friday, according to Senior Superintendent Danilo Pelisco.
Two of the victims died in a hospital, while eight were already dead when retrieved from the site. Three more remained trapped in the landslide, he said.
“These were small-scale miners, they were resting on their shanties at the foot of the mountain where they mine for gold when the landslides struck,” he said.
The accident occurred at the height of heavy rains brought about by the tropical storm Morakot that has already killed at least 12 people, including three French tourists who drowned in flashfloods.
The weather bureau predicted the rains to continue in the next few days due to the southwest monsoon. It warned residents in low-lying areas and near mountain slopes to take precautionary measures against possible flashfloods and landslides.
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