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Five dead as buildings collapse in Philippine quake: official
MANILA, April 22, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Five people were killed when at least
two buildings collapsed as a strong earthquake rocked the northern
Philippines, a local official said.
Three bodies have been pulled out of a collapsed building in the town of
Porac, while an old woman and her grandchild were crushed to death by another
building in the town of Lubao, provincial governor Lilia Pineda told ABS-CBN
television.
“The quake has caused a blackout,” she said, hampering rescue efforts in
the early evening as night closed in.
BSS/AFP/ARS/1734 hrs