An Angeles City resident at a nearby hotel recalls the building collapsing

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At least four people were killed as a result of the collapse of a building under construction in Angeles City, Pampanga State

PAMPANGA, Philippines — Grace Legault, 33, said her family woke up around 2:30 a.m. on Sunday, May 24, to the roaring sound of the building next to their hotel collapsing in Angeles City, Pampanga.

“I thought it was an earthquake, because I felt the ground shaking,” Lego told Rappler on Monday, May 25. (I thought it was an earthquake because I felt the ground shaking).

She picked up her five-year-old son and woke her partner. I told him there was an earthquake. When they got out, they found their car trapped under the rubble of the collapsed building next to them.

They evacuated the guests who were occupying five rooms in the hotel where they were staying, with the exception of the Malaysian guest who was the first victim to be recorded following the accident. Legault said the Malaysian guest occupied room 101 in the hotel where he was staying.

“My partner also tried to enter the room of a Malaysian who was trapped, but he was unable to enter anymore,” Legault said. “Debris blocks the entrance, his door, and his room are completely destroyed.”

(My partner tried to force his way into the trapped Malaysian’s room, but it was impossible. Debris blocked the doorway, the door, and the entire room was destroyed.)

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As of last count on Monday, at least four people had been killed and 17 were still missing. Twenty-six people were rescued. The nine-storey building that collapsed on Sunday is still under construction. Search and rescue operations continue for workers trapped in the building.

The Lego company said it was coming to terms with the possibility of its hotel being demolished following the incident. The police and rescue workers she spoke to told her that the hotel building they were staying in was no longer stable. They only opened last April 22nd.

Along the street near the collapsed building, nearby establishments — massage parlors, a pawnshop, a café, and a salon — closed their doors. Rescue teams took refuge in tents set up along the street. Caution tapes prevent spectators from entering the site. However, in other parts of the city, bars, hotels and restaurants continue to operate as usual.

The owner of Reign Spa, an establishment located in front of the collapsed building, asked for help retrieving documents from her car trapped under the rubble.

“I still remember the horrific sound of the building collapsing, the sparks from the live wires, the falling steel, and the moments that seemed unreal,” the owner said in an online post.

“When I got out to check on my pickup truck, I realized something that hit me hard. The truck took the impact and acted as a barrier, preventing debris and steel from hitting directly into the glass windows of Reign Spa.”

While rescue teams are working to recover the bodies trapped inside, business owners near the site are working to rescue important items.

For Lego, this is the immediate step they have while awaiting an evaluation from the Los Angeles City Engineer’s Office if the building they are leasing can still be repaired.

“Right now, nothing is really clear about whether it can be demolished or repaired,” Legault said. “But we have already prepared in case of demolition, so we really have to get all of our belongings out there that are still there.”

(So ​​far, there is no clear assessment if the building will be demolished or if it can still be repaired. But we are preparing in case it is demolished, so we need to recover the things we left behind.) – Rappler.com

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