Small-scale miner killed as cave collapses in Kalinga town

TUGUEGARAO CITY — A small-scale miner died after being trapped when a cave in Pasil town, Kalinga province, collapsed Sunday, Dec. 4.

Major Garry Gayamos, Pasil police chief, said Milnar Bag-ayan was buried around 6 a.m. in the debris.

In a phone interview, Gayamos said emergency responders recovered Bag-ayan’s body a few hours after being trapped in the collapsed cave in Barangay Galdang.

Bag-ayan’s remains were brought to his house, also in Galdang. INQ

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