ONE of the recovered bodies on Wednesday. (Photo via Liezle Inigo)
ANGELES CITY, Pampanga — Three more bodies were recovered from the collapsed structure in Barangay Balibago here on Wednesday morning, bringing the confirmed death toll to 24.
The Unified Command said responders successfully extricated one victim, the 22nd, after 7 a.m.
The second and third bodies, the 23rd and 24th, were recovered hours later.
Remains were turned over to the City Health Office for proper transport and Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) procedures by the Scene of the Crime Operatives (SOCO).
Search, rescue, and retrieval operations remain ongoing as responders work through the debris to locate remaining victims.