5 laborers killed, 12 hurt as scaffolding collapses in power plant’s smokestack | Inquirer News: Five laborers were killed while 12 others were injured after the metal scaffolding they were standing on collapsed as they were cleaning the inside of a power plant’s smokestack in Pililla, Rizal, on Sunday afternoon.
Chief Insp. Resty Soriano, Pililla police chief, identified the fatalities as Edward Fidel, Gregorio Ricalde, foreman Roberto Mesias, Antonio Manguera and Jeffrey Sinag.
Although the accident occurred at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, it took several hours before the dead victims’ bodies were recovered as rescuers had to be careful to prevent what remained of the scaffolding from further collapsing.
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